Maglev-Pentabot: From Factory Floor to Surgical Precision? The Future of Non-Contact Manipulation Imagine assembling delicate electronics without ever touching them, or performing surgery with instruments guided by magnetic fields. Contactless manipulation, long relegated to sci-fi, is rapidly becoming a reality. We're not just talking about moving widgets on an assembly line; this tech promises revolutions in fields from medicine to micro-assembly. The core concept is elegantly simple: use precisely controlled magnetic fields to levitate and manipulate objects. Think of it as an invisible hand, guided by sophisticated algorithms, that can position and orient objects with incredible accuracy, all without physical contact. Achieving this relies on two critical elements: a cleverly design…  ( 7 min )

Faith that unlocks righteousness. Romans 4 is not just Paul teaching theology. It’s Paul pulling back the veil on how God has always worked with humanity. Long before Scripture developed its structure, long before Israel became a nation, long before there was a temple, a priesthood, or religious tradition, God revealed something far more foundational: Righteousness has always been a matter of the heart. Everything else is commentary. In Romans 4, Paul is not introducing a new idea—he’s reminding the church of something ancient, something older than Moses, older than Jacob, older even than circumcision: the righteousness that comes through believing God simply because He said so. Today, we’re going to walk deeply through this chapter, line by line and theme by theme, until the weight of it …  ( 14 min )

Pensando Linear: Resolvendo Problemas Complexos em O(N) e o Segredo do O(1) de Elixir 🔑 Chegamos ao final da nossa jornada pela Complexidade de Algoritmos! Vimos o poder do Merge Sort O(N log N) e a velocidade da Busca Binária O(log N). Neste post final, vamos: Aplicar o conhecimento de O(N) em um desafio avançado (o "problema dos quadrados"). Revelar o segredo técnico por trás da promessa de O(1) dos Mapas de Elixir. Revisite o problema: Dada uma lista já ordenada nums, retorne o lista dos quadrados dos números, também ordenado. Entrada (nums) Quadrados Resultado Ordenado [-4, -1, 0, 3, 10] [16, 1, 0, 9, 100] [0, 1, 9, 16, 100] A solução ingênua seria elevar ao quadrado O(N) e depois ordenar O(N log N), totalizando O(N log N). O truque é usar a informação de que a entrada j…  ( 8 min )

O Melhor dos Dois Mundos: Entendendo a Complexidade O(N log N) do Merge Sort 🥇 Nos posts anteriores, conquistamos a velocidade da Busca Binária O(log N) e a eficiência Linear O(N). Agora, vamos ao padrão-ouro para o Ordenação: a complexidade O(N log N) (Linearithmic). Todo algoritmo de ordenação que precisa escalar para grandes volumes de dados (como Merge Sort ou Quick Sort) mira nessa complexidade, pois ela combina o poder de dividir o problema log N com a eficiência de processar os resultados de forma linear N. O Merge Sort (Ordenação por Mesclagem) é um exemplo perfeito de Divide and Conquer (Dividir para Conquistar). Ele funciona em duas fases, que correspondem diretamente à sua complexidade O(N log N): O algoritmo divide recursivamente a lista em metades, continuando a divisão até…  ( 8 min )

TLDR: A otimização de landing pages vai além do design. Foque em cinco pilares técnicos: Analise o Core Web Vitals, cada segundo de atraso pode reduzir conversões em 20% Schema.org/JSON-LD: dados estruturados aumentam CTR com Rich Snippets; Acessibilidade (WCAG 2.1): tags semânticas e contraste adequado melhoram SEO e usabilidade; Mobile-First: priorize carregamento de recursos críticos e Code Splitting; Monitoramento contínuo: Lighthouse e RUM para medir performance real. Qualidade técnica gera confiança, e confiança gera vendas. No cenário competitivo do e-commerce brasileiro, onde o custo de aquisição de cliente (CAC) sobe anualmente, trazer tráfego pago para uma página lenta ou mal estruturada é queimar dinheiro. A diferença entre um visitante e um cliente muitas vezes reside na otimiz…  ( 9 min )

Title: The Rise of Second-Hand Shopping: How Thrift Stores are Capitalizing on the Black Friday Phenomenon Introduction The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the annual tradition of Black Friday sales. However, this year, thrift stores are joining the fray, offering their own brand of bargains to cash-strapped consumers. As households face tighter budgets, experts anticipate a surge in second-hand shopping, with thrift stores poised to capitalize on the trend. The Shift to Second-Hand Shopping In recent years, the retail landscape has undergone a significant transformation. With the rise of e-commerce and changing consumer behavior, traditional brick-and-mortar stores have struggled to stay afloat. Meanwhile, thrift stores have experienced a resurgence in popularity, as consum…  ( 7 min )

Okay, let’s talk about something that’s been buzzing in the tech world lately: vibe coding. If you’re scratching your head wondering what that even means, don’t worry—I was too when I first heard the term. But the more I dug into it, the more I realized this could be a game-changer for how we think about programming. So, grab a coffee, and let’s unpack what vibe coding is, why it’s making waves, and what it means for the future of coding. Picture this: instead of meticulously typing out every line of code, sweating over syntax, and debugging for hours, you’re describing what you want your program to do in plain English (or, you know, whatever language you vibe with). You’re not fussing over semicolons or curly braces—you’re just laying out the vibe of what you’re trying to build. Maybe you…  ( 10 min )

Achieving Financial Freedom from Home: 16 Proven Methods to Earn $1,000 a Month In today's digital age, working from home has become a viable option for many individuals seeking financial freedom and flexibility. With the right mindset and a bit of creativity, it's possible to earn a substantial income from the comfort of your own home. In this article, we'll explore 16 easy methods to make $1,000 a month from home, providing you with a comprehensive guide to achieving your financial goals. Why Earn $1,000 a Month from Home? Earning an extra $1,000 a month from home can have a significant impact on your lifestyle. Whether you're looking to cover additional expenses, pay off debt, or simply enjoy a more comfortable standard of living, this income can provide the financial stability you ne…  ( 8 min )

Introduction As Kubernetes continues to dominate container orchestration, the networking layer has become increasingly critical to cluster performance and functionality. OVN-Kubernetes (Open Virtual Network for Kubernetes) has emerged as a sophisticated Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS) and its control plane, OVN, to provide advanced networking capabilities. Recently accepted as a CNCF Sandbox project (late 2024), it is the default networking provider for Red Hat OpenShift and is widely adopted in telecommunications and high-performance computing environments due to its unique architectural choices. Understanding what sets OVN-Kubernetes apart from other CNI solutions is essential for architects and cluster operators making infrastructure decision…  ( 10 min )

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When building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for AI agents, most developers stop at "Cosine Similarity". They verify that Vector A is close to Vector B, and call it a day. But human memory doesn't work like that. If I ask you "What did I eat?", the answer from 5 minutes ago is infinitely more relevant than the answer from 5 years ago, even if the semantic context is identical. I recently built MemVault, an open-source memory server, to solve this. Here is a technical deep dive into the architecture and the Hybrid Scoring Algorithm that powers it. The architecture was designed with one goal: Reduce Infrastructure Cognitive Load. Running a dedicated vector database (Pinecone/Milvus) alongside a primary database creates sync issues and doubles the maintenance burden. The Solution: Runti…  ( 8 min )

Ultra-Omega: Live Hex NASM/Rust Compiler – No Terminal, Just Nodes "Houdini for bare-metal developers." I got tired of switching between terminal, objdump, and VS Code just to see one byte change. So I built Ultra-Omega — a browser-based visual compiler for NASM, C++, and Rust with live hex dump. Drag a node (Assembler, Compiler, Parameter) Edit code in the built-in editor Watch hex + output update LIVE — no compile, no refresh No terminal. No GDB. No setup. https://andreesalazar.github.io/Personal-Profesional/ React Flow – visual nodes WebAssembly – NASM in browser Zustand – state Tailwind + Framer Motion – smooth UI TypeScript – full type safety https://github.com/AndreeSalazar/Personal-Profesional OS devs (bootloaders, kernels) Embedded hackers Anyone who wants to see hex breathe Feedback Wanted! Should I add Rust no_std node? Vulkan shader support? QEMU boot integration? Drop a comment — I read every single one.  ( 6 min )

Objective of the week The goal this week was to take a small step forward in complexity while staying within a familiar environment. After getting comfortable with GitHub Pages in Week 1, I wanted to: Build something slightly more interactive than a static page Practice using browser storage so the app could remember things Keep reinforcing the basic workflow: create → commit → deploy → reflect Continue building confidence without disappearing down a perfection rabbit hole What I built This week I created a tiny Idea Log & Randomizer web app. It lets me: Add ideas with a title and short description Store ideas in localStorage so they persist across refreshes Display all ideas in a simple list Pick a random idea with one click Everything is plain HTML + CSS + JavaScript, deployed again with GitHub Pages. URL: https://florianhoeppner.github.io/w40-week02-idea-log/ What was hard / surprising / confusing What I’ll do next week For Week 3, I want to introduce the next layer of complexity Start using TypeScript instead of plain JavaScript Build a small UI using React Keep the functionality simple  ( 6 min )

Hace un rato me metí a revisar Cipherseek.com con curiosidad. No sabía muy bien qué esperaba encontrar, pero quería ver si podría servir para alguno de mis proyectos personales: algo simple, funcional, sin sobrecarga técnica. Lo primero que noté es que el sitio todavía parece en construcción. Su “blog” apenas tiene un post inicial (uno de esos “Hola mundo” típicos de sitios nuevos) y hay señales de que planean algo más grande —como una tienda online que todavía no está lista. Pero eso, en lugar de alejarme, me dio una sensación distinta: la de un proyecto en proceso, flexible, maleable. Y para alguien como yo, que a veces cambia de idea seguido, eso tiene su encanto. Me lo imagino así: Cipherseek como ese primer paso modesto cuando quieres montar algo —un portafolio, una mini-tienda, un blog— sin complicarte la vida. No necesitas dominar código, no necesitas pretensiones de grandeza, solo un espacio simple para empezar. Que esté “en construcción” no lo veo como una limitación, sino como una oportunidad: puedes adaptarlo, moldearlo a tu ritmo, ver qué funciona, probar sin miedo. También me gusta pensar que este tipo de sitios —modestos, tempranos — pueden ser ideales para experimentar. Para equivocarse sin culpa, para probar ideas pequeñas, para construir poco a poco. Si algo no funciona, lo corriges, cambias, borras, mejoras. Esa libertad me atrae más que una plataforma gigante con mil funciones que quizás nunca usarías. Al final, lo que siento con Cipherseek.com es esa mezcla entre “algo por hacer” y “todo por decidir”. Si estoy en un momento donde quiero dar el paso, montar algo pequeño, ver si el proyecto tiene vida —sin presiones, sin esperar perfección—, me parece un buen lugar para comenzar. Porque en lo simple a veces nacen las ideas con más posibilidades.  ( 7 min )

Objective of the week Wanted to get familiar with the environment I’ll be working and releasing in Just needed to get something started without any big purpose Figure out where to store my code, how to deploy, and write a blog pos t What I built I built a static HTML page with a simple piece of JavaScript When the page loads, it picks a random idea and displays it URL: https://florianhoeppner.github.io/w40-week01/ What was hard / surprising / confusing I tried creating three files (index, CSS, script) in Replit and deploying from there The Replit AI agent wasn’t helpful, so after a few attempts I switched to GitHub instead What I’ll do next week Add a dialog box and some interaction, still using HTML and JavaScript  ( 6 min )

// Detect dark theme var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-1994902367335313863-224'); if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) { iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1994902367335313863&theme=dark" } Introduction Have you ever found yourself repeatedly setting up the same Next.js project structure over and over again? Creating new repositories, configuring TypeScript, setting up Tailwind CSS, and establishing your preferred folder structure can be tedious and time-consuming. What if there was a better way? In this comprehensive guide, I'll walk you through a project I built that solves this exact problem: a Next.js Template Clone Generator. This interactive web application allows developers to quickly create new repositor…  ( 12 min )

If you're running Laravel in production, you probably use task scheduling. It's one of those features that just works, until it stops. Especially on your staging server. If you're building real apps, you need a staging environment. It's your safe playground to test changes before they hit production. 1[||||||||||||||||||100.0%] 2[||||||||||||||||||100.0%] Mem[||||||||||||||| 3.2G/4.0G] Brutal. Both CPUs totally pegged, memory barely hanging on at 3.2 out of 4 gigs. Definitely not what you want to see. The guilty party? A quick ps aux and scan logs pointed straight to the scheduler. Heavy scheduled commands that make sense in production but kill a smaller staging server: price exports every couple hours, supplier syncs with thousands of products, and crunching huge datasets …  ( 8 min )

There are chapters in Scripture that stand like mountains—looming, majestic, immovable, casting large shadows across every other landscape of the faith. Romans 3 is one of those mountains. It is not merely a chapter; it is a hinge on which the entire gospel swings. Remove it, and the whole New Testament collapses into moralism, legalism, and the endless treadmill of human effort. Keep it, and the gospel sings with clarity: no one can save themselves, but God has made a way. Romans 3 is the thunderclap that shakes the human soul awake. It is the divine courtroom where humanity stands guilty, where every mouth is silenced, and where God reveals the shocking solution: righteousness that comes from Him—not from us. In this legacy article, we will walk deeply, slowly, and reverently through eve…  ( 15 min )

Cuando trabajamos con la nube, todos esperamos que AWS, Azure o Cloudflare funcionen 24/7. Pero incluso con sus SLA de 99.9%, las caídas pasan. Y cuando pasan, duele. Sitios web caídos, APIs sin respuesta, clientes preguntando y tráfico perdido. Este artículo te explica qué hacer paso a paso, sin tecnicismos innecesarios, para que puedas reaccionar rápido cuando un proveedor grande falla. Entender que las caídas son normales Aunque suene raro, las fallas en servicios como AWS, Azure o Cloudflare son parte natural de Internet. La BBC ha reportado interrupciones que han afectado aerolíneas, bancos e incluso hospitales. Ver reporte: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cly941r41w4o Lo importante no es evitar la caída, sino saber qué hacer cuando pasa. Lo primero: revisar las páginas de estado …  ( 7 min )

In my previous articles, I discussed various networking approaches for Linux virtualization. I developed qcontroller, a tool responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of QEMU VM instances—creating, starting, stopping, and removing VMs with database-like operations. Since modern VMs typically require internet access and inter-VM communication, qcontroller also manages firewall settings using nftables rules. The original networking scheme involved creating bridges, configuring nftables chains, and establishing rules to allow traffic flow between the internet, VMs, and host system. Each VM connects through a TAP device that uses the bridge as its master interface. While this approach works well, it has a significant drawback: all networking components—bridges, TAP devices, and nftables …  ( 10 min )

This article is a machine translation of the contents of the following URL, which I wrote in Japanese: https://qiita.com/Nana_777/items/c7ebc842c4557f8d811d This is the second post in the Japan AWS Top Engineers Advent Calendar 2025. In this post, we'll introduce AWS Infrastructure Composer. ↓ Click here for the Japan AWS Top Engineers Advent Calendar 2025 https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2025/aws-top-engineers ↓ Previous articles about AWS Infrastructure Composer https://dev.to/aws-builders/aws-i-want-to-tell-you-how-good-infrastructurecomposer-is-devtools-5bj0 As an example, I created a CloudFormation template that defines an API configuration using API Gateway and Lambda. When defining serverless-related services using cards called extended components, you don't need to manually defin…  ( 9 min )

Conversational AI is rapidly transforming how users interact with applications from smart assistants to support bots, productivity companions, and learning tools. ZEGOCLOUD now offers a powerful Conversational AI Agent that makes it incredibly easy for developers to build real-time, responsive, and interactive AI experiences. In this article, we explore how developers can implement conversational AI features using ZEGOCLOUD. What Is ZEGOCLOUD Conversational AI? ZEGOCLOUD’s Conversational AI Agent provides: 🎤 Real-time voice conversations This makes it ideal for apps like: AI personal assistants, Customer support bots, AI companionsEducational, toolsProductivity agents, Interactive onboarding / automation flows How the Conversational AI Agent Works ZEGOCLOUD uses a lightweight, real-time s…  ( 7 min )

Elevator Pitch Every growing platform team faces the same architectural challenge: shared infrastructure—networking, security, identity—must evolve independently from the applications that consume it, yet changes to these "landing zones" ripple unpredictably across downstream systems. MyCoCo's platform team discovered this the hard way when a routine networking update triggered a 47-minute production outage. Terraform Stacks, now generally available in HCP Terraform, transforms landing zone management from a coordination nightmare into an automatically-orchestrated dependency graph—making foundational infrastructure changes safe, visible, and automatically propagated to every consuming application. The Problem: Landing zone changes—networking, security, IAM baselines—create invisible dep…  ( 10 min )

Nano-Banana Pro: Prompting Guide & Strategies Guillaume Vernade for Google AI ・ Nov 27 #ai #gemini #nanobanana #promptengineering  ( 6 min )

Weval just dropped “ON (Live Version)” via Cercle Records, unveiled in a spontaneous jam at a Portland soundcheck and debuted live at Cercle Odyssey Paris. This hopeful-yet-melancholic track soars on delicate chord progressions and immersive textures, and even comes with an extended club-friendly remix. Dutch duo Harm Coolen and Merijn Scholte Albers are no strangers to melodic, downtempo-tinged electronic vibes, having released two albums on Kompakt. They’ve reworked “ON” with fresh vocals, arpeggios and live-tested it in DJ sets—and it’s streaming everywhere now. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Struggling with Next.js 16 App Router? Migrate Faster & Smarter Many developers are lost navigating the new App Router and Server Component paradigm. If you've been postponing your Next.js 16 migration because of uncertainty around breaking changes, async APIs, or caching behavior—you're not alone. Stop wasting weeks on migration headaches. Next.js 16 represents a fundamental shift in how we think about rendering, caching, and data fetching. While these changes unlock better performance and developer experience, they also introduce breaking changes that can derail your project timeline if you're not prepared. This guide will walk you through the most critical migration patterns, with real code examples, so your agency can ship faster and with confidence. Next.js 16 introduces several par…  ( 10 min )

Hmmmm, Introduction to Statistics in Python... As a Mathematician, this should be an enjoyable ride but I won't want to jump into conclusions just yet. I will share an update on this journey tomorrow...! 😊 See you tomorrow -SP🤍  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Cinemasins just dropped a playful “Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less” video, poking fun at the movie while showing how their signature sin-count would sound if they were actual demon hunters. They’re loving the film’s wild ride and gave it their usual mix of snark and spot-on observations. Want more? Hit up their main site or link tree for all the latest, join their Discord/Reddit, fill out a cheeky poll, or support the team on Patreon. You’ll also find shout-outs to the CinemaSins writers, plus Twitter, Insta, TikTok and YouTube channel links to keep that sin train rolling. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

After completing the basics of Python, I'm now moving into creating small, practical projects. Today’s project is a simple Memo App that stores notes in a JSON file. I built two versions: Console Version (memo_app.py) Streamlit Web Version (memo_app_streamlit.py) 🧱 1. Project Overview Add a new memo Store it in a memos.json file View all saved memos Use it either in the console or through a Streamlit UI 📂 2. Project Structure 🖥️ 3. Console Version (memo_app.py) Key features: Save memos as a list of objects in memos.json Simple text input interface Shows all memos with timestamps 📌 Code import json import os from datetime import datetime now = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d") FILE_NAME = "memos.json" if not os.path.exists(FILE_NAME): with open(FILE_NAME, "w") as f: …  ( 8 min )

Resumen del Artículo Original Recientemente publiqué un análisis completo comparando GitHub Actions y GitLab CI, dos de las herramientas de CI/CD más populares del mercado. En este artículo, quiero compartir mis reflexiones personales y destacar los puntos más importantes de esa comparación. 👉 Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí: GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI: Comparación Completa Simplicidad vs Robustez Una de las principales diferencias que encontré es que GitHub Actions prioriza la simplicidad y la rapidez de configuración. Su marketplace con miles de acciones pre-construidas hace que sea muy fácil empezar. Por otro lado, GitLab CI ofrece una plataforma DevOps completa, lo que significa más poder pero también más complejidad. Sintaxis y Configuración Ambas herramientas utilizan Y…  ( 7 min )

Introducción En el mundo del desarrollo de software moderno, las herramientas de Integración Continua y Entrega Continua (CI/CD) son fundamentales para automatizar el testing, building y deployment de aplicaciones. GitHub Actions y GitLab CI son dos de las plataformas más populares para implementar pipelines de CI/CD. En este artículo, realizaré una comparación detallada con ejemplos prácticos. GitHub Actions es la solución CI/CD nativa de GitHub, introducida en 2019, que permite automatizar workflows directamente desde los repositorios de GitHub. GitLab CI/CD es la herramienta de integración continua integrada en GitLab, disponible desde 2012, que forma parte del ecosistema completo de DevOps de GitLab. GitHub Actions utiliza archivos YAML en la carpeta .github/workflows/: name: GitHub …  ( 8 min )

Modern automation systems need adaptability. New protocols emerge, organizations revise internal workflows, and integration points evolve. FlowSynx was designed around this philosophy. In FlowSynx, everything is a plugin: custom task types, runtime behaviors, workflow operators, API integrations, validators, and even AI-driven workflow components. This single unifying model unlocks a composable, maintainable, and developer-friendly ecosystem. Let's break down how FlowSynx implements At the heart of FlowSynx lies the IPlugin interface---a carefully crafted contract that all plugins must follow: public interface IPlugin { PluginMetadata Metadata { get; } PluginSpecifications? Specifications { get; set; } Type SpecificationsType { get; } IReadOnlyCollection<string…  ( 10 min )

I've been writing Go for years. Love the language. But there's one thing that always bothered me: regex performance. Recently I was processing large text files (logs, traces, datasets) and kept hitting the same wall - regexp.Find() consuming 70-80% of CPU time. Not on complex patterns. On simple stuff like .*error.*connection.*. So I did what any reasonable developer would do: spent 6 months building coregex, a drop-in replacement for Go's regexp that's 3-3000x faster while keeping the same O(n) guarantees. Here's how and why. Let's be direct: Go's regexp is not optimized for performance. It uses Thompson's NFA exclusively - great for correctness (no ReDoS, guaranteed O(n)), terrible for speed: // Searching for "error" in 1MB file re := regexp.MustCompile(`.*error.*`) start := time.Now() r…  ( 11 min )

Remember when you lived at your parents’ house and you thought your bedroom was your personal kingdom? You closed the door, maybe even put up a “Do Not Enter” sign… and still, somehow, your parents always knew exactly what you were doing. Because they had the key. Denied. Now here’s the twist: This is exactly what happens to your database when you don’t control privileges properly. If a user has too many permissions, it’s basically handing them a master key to the whole house. They can: Read anything Write anything Update anything Drop things Delete things Poke around in rooms they shouldn’t even know exist Just like your childhood bedroom, your database has “doors.” So let’s fix that. 🎩 Explore: The Kozen IAM Utility (a.k.a. Your New Permission Inspector) Ah yes, the name. But behind tha…  ( 8 min )

I Built a Task Manager Empire in One Day — And Deployed It for Free! Okay, maybe not $10M yet… but I shipped a complete Task Manager API with Node.js, Express, MySQL — and it’s already live on the real internet, 24/7, for exactly $0. Here’s the live empire 👑 🔗https://task-manager-empire-victorion014-z7znahfd.leapcell.dev Go ahead, spam GET /api/tasks — it’s serverless, I literally pay nothing 😎 I was grinding backend with freeCodeCamp and wanted a project that checks every box: Real database (no fake JSON files) Actually live on the internet forever Costs me $0 forever Looks amazing on my GitHub and resume So I built Task Manager Empire in a couple or more crazy days — and now I’m giving you the full blueprint so you can clone and flex your own empire in under 10 minutes. Layer Tech…  ( 7 min )

A few months ago, my mom missed her flight. She’d been swamped all week, errands, and work. She thought the flight was later, got to the airport, it was too late her flight had gone. When she told me, I felt that gut drop of “we could’ve avoided this.” This wasn’t just about building a reminder service. It was about my journey into DevOps learning AWS resources one by one, connecting them, and seeing how cloud skills can solve everyday problems. From a missed flight to a working solution, this project shows that even small ideas can become powerful learning experiences. Data: Appointments saved in DynamoDB (name, date, time). Compute: AWS Lambda scans appointments and decides who needs reminders. Notify: Amazon SNS sends email/SMS notifications. Table name: Appointment Primary key: Partition key = Name (String) Attributes: Name: e.g., “Dentist Visit” Date: ISO string, e.g., “2025-12-29” Topic name: AppointmentReminders (Standard) Copy the Topic ARN — you’ll need this for Lambda. Add a subscription: Protocol: Email (or SMS) Endpoint: Your email address Confirm the subscription via the AWS email link. Create the Lambda Function (Node.js) Runtime:** Node.js 18.x Handler:** index.handler File name:** `index.js Attach a minimal inline policy to your Lambda’s execution role: ** choosing the specific action that the resources in DynamoDB will need. ** And for SNS ** After that is done give a to the policy. ** Review and click create. Result I tested with a dentist appointment and received an email reminder no more last-minute panics. . what this project solve Forgetting is easy; systems aren’t. ** Cloud skills solving everyday problems.** This is my Devops/cloud engineering journey.  ( 7 min )

Nano Banana 2 - 4K AI Image Generation Platform ## Overview ## Core Features ### 4K Quality Output Native 2K rendering with 4K upscaling Professional-grade images for print and digital media Sharper fidelity ideal for commercial applications ### Self-Correction Workflow Multi-step AI process: plan → generate → analyze → fix → finalize Automatically detects and corrects mistakes Error-free results without manual iterations ### Multi-Image Understanding Cross-image context analysis Coherent edits across multiple related images Understands relationships and visual narratives ### Cultural Context Awareness Trained on global geographic data Authentic regional visual details Realistic cultural representations ### Lightning-Fast Processing Complex 4K prompts in under 10 seconds Improved character consistency Enhanced text rendering accuracy ## Use Cases Professional 4K image creation Multi-image creative projects Culturally authentic visual content Commercial and marketing materials Print-ready high-resolution outputs  ( 6 min )

Recently I built an AI-native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that aggregates financial data from multiple providers, adds intelligent orchestration, and enforces multilingual compliance guardrails. Here’s the GitHub: https://github.com/kiarashplusplus/FIML and Docs: https://kiarashplusplus.github.io/FIML/  ( 6 min )

In the early days of computing, the route to becoming a programmer was straightforward. You just did it. Training courses were initially nonexistent, so we had to learn from textbooks and data sheets. The ones who had the motivation to stick with it were the ones who became professional programmers. After that, in some ways it got a lot easier. Information became more plentiful, and with the arrival of first email then the World Wide Web, there were people you could ask and articles you could read without having to order a book and wait for it to arrive. Courses became available for pretty much anything. In other ways, though, it didn’t get easier. Software became more complex, and a myriad of tools and libraries became regarded as essential things to know. Job listings started to fill up …  ( 13 min )

I've created a tool to remove watermarks from images. https://jawuil.dev/remove-watermark  ( 6 min )

Becoming a Senior Engineer is not a title—it is a journey shaped by continuous learning, challenging projects, strong communication, and countless real-world experiences. In this article, I want to share how I started my software career, how I progressed through different companies, and how my banking & fintech experience helped me reach the Senior level. 1. Getting Started: Building the Foundation I started from absolute zero, spending 10–12 hours a day for nearly a year learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. During this phase, I: Learned responsive UI development Started learning React Attended events Built projects such as: Getir Clone Web (Next.js) Getir Clone Mobile (React Native) Getir Clone API (Node.js) Shopify Next Payments App These projects built my confidence and practical under…  ( 7 min )

For the last few years, I’ve been working on enterprise systems in banking, logistics, and fintech. One thing I realized is that most tutorials don’t come close to what a real production environment looks like. So I decided to build and share a real digital banking platform, using the same technologies used by modern financial systems: .NET 9 Microservices Angular 19 in an Nx Monorepo Clean Architecture + DDD PostgreSQL + EF Core RabbitMQ (Event-Driven Architecture) Docker & Docker Compose GitHub Actions CI/CD YARP API Gateway Below is the high-level architecture: Why I Built This they all work together. A real banking system needs: onboarding accounts transactions auditing security notifications customer portal admin/back-office portal This requires a full-stack architecture, not just backend or frontend tutorials. High-Level Architecture Overview Here’s a breakdown of the system: Frontend (Angular + Nx) Nx Monorepo Customer Portal Branch/Cashier Portal Shared UI libraries Signals/NgRx for state Backend (.NET 9 Microservices) AccountService CustomerService TransactionService NotificationService IAMService (Identity, JWT) Communication REST via YARP API Gateway Events via RabbitMQ Infrastructure PostgreSQL per microservice Dockerized environment GitHub Actions for CI: build → test → lint → scan Full Source Code GitHub: https://github.com/gustavojofelix/digital-banking-suite/tree/feature/ch03-dev-environment Want to Follow the Full Project? *Leanpub (Early Access): * fullstack-banking-microservices New chapters every week. If you're interested, I’d love your feedback — especially from .NET, Angular, and architecture folks.  ( 6 min )

🔸 1. Introduction In the previous article, we built the “Lego bricks” of cryptography — pseudo-random generators, one-way functions, and permutations. Those components are not just academic toys; they form the internal mechanics of real encryption systems. Now it’s time to assemble those bricks into something that actually encrypts data. Welcome to block ciphers. A block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that: takes a fixed-size block of input (e.g. 64 or 128 bits), mixes it with a secret key, and outputs another block of the same size that looks completely random. With the same key, the process is perfectly reversible. Without the key, the transformation should be indistinguishable from pure randomness. Block ciphers are used everywhere: HTTPS, VPNs, banking systems, disk encryption,…  ( 11 min )

The Brain's Visual Resilience: How We Compensate for Imperfections and Blue Light Shapes Our World Our sense of sight is often taken for granted, yet it's an intricate dance between our eyes and our brain. Far from being a passive receiver of light, the brain actively constructs our visual reality, constantly making adjustments, filling in gaps, and interpreting ambiguous signals. This remarkable adaptability allows us to navigate a complex world, even compensating for subtle visual imperfections we might not even be aware of. But what happens when our brain's interpretations are influenced by specific colors, like blue, leading to fascinating perceptual phenomena? This article delves into the scientific mechanisms behind our brain's visual compensation, explores the profound impact of blu…  ( 9 min )

What is DNS? The Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet's address book—it translates human-readable domain names like google.com into machine-readable IP addresses like 142.250.190.46. Without DNS, you'd need to memorize IP addresses for every website you visit. Key DNS Record Types: A Record: Maps domain to IPv4 address AAAA Record: Maps domain to IPv6 address CNAME Record: Creates domain aliases MX Record: Specifies mail servers TXT Record: Stores text data (used for verification) When you type example.com in your browser, here's what happens: Browser Cache Check: Browser checks its local DNS cache OS Cache Check: Operating system checks its cache Recursive Resolver: Your ISP's DNS server (or public DNS like 8.8.8.8) Root Server: Points to appropriate TLD server (.com, .org, etc.) TL…  ( 8 min )

Writing today is faster — but also more demanding. Whether you're creating blog posts, emails, scripts, or technical documentation, AI writing tools can help you write clearer, faster, and more professionally. Here are the top AI tools for writing in 2025, based on accuracy, speed, creativity, and real-world usefulness. ChatGPT 5.1 The current leader in natural and creative writing. Blog posts Long-form articles Storytelling Email writing Technical explanations Why it’s great: Claude 3.5 Sonnet Best for writers who want clarity and structure. Ideal for: Professional documents Research summaries Clean and precise writing Why it’s great: Gemini Advanced Perfect for multi-format writing. Great for: Social media captions Scripts Marketing copy Visual content paired with text Why it’s great: Notion AI If you write inside Notion, this is the king. Ideal for: Meeting notes Task descriptions Internal documentation Why it’s great: Jasper AI Strong choice for marketing teams. Best for: SEO articles Ads Landing page copy Brand-consistent writing Why it’s great: ⭐ Which One Should You Use? If you want: Best all-around → ChatGPT Clean & professional tone → Claude Creative + visual writing → Gemini Workplace productivity → Notion AI Marketing content → Jasper Use the one that fits your writing style and workflow. 🔗 Want more AI tool reviews? I test AI tools, compare them, and publish benchmarks on https://ailontech.com  ( 7 min )

People often ask this question when they start learning tech: Honestly, it’s not a silly question. I used to wonder about this myself. And once you understand it, a lot of things about technology start making sense. So let me explain it the simplest way possible, without any textbook talk. Let’s Think Normally for a Second Software is just instructions. Now here’s the obvious part: That’s why, logically and historically, hardware came first. The Early Computer Days Back in the 1940s, the first computers were nothing like what we have today. They were huge machines full of wires, switches, and tubes. There was no “software” like apps or programs. If engineers wanted the computer to do something different, they didn’t write code. So when people say “programming,” it literally meant changing …  ( 7 min )

🧩 The Problem: AI Development Is in Chaos Over the last two years, AI has become the most powerful coding tool ever created. ❌ Generated code is unstable (drift) ❌ Small changes break unrelated modules ❌ Multi-agent workflows conflict ❌ Regeneration overwrites human logic This is no longer a tooling issue. systemic architectural problem — and systemic problems require architectural solutions. Across multiple AI-driven projects, the same destructive pattern kept appearing: AI could generate code ...but couldn’t preserve architecture Small spec changes broke unrelated modules Agents overwrote each other’s logic Eventually it became undeniable: We cannot build AI-generated software on architectures designed before AI existed. That realization led to the creation of ASA — the AI-Sliced Arc…  ( 7 min )

Remember when cloud providers started charging premium rates for IPv4 addresses? Or when you had to explain to a client why their shiny new IoT fleet couldn't get public IPs without NAT gymnastics? IPv4 exhaustion isn't a distant threat—it's today's reality. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) exhausted its IPv4 pool back in 2011, yet most developers still treat IPv6 as "that thing we'll deal with later." Here's the truth: IPv6 isn't the future; it's the present. Major cloud platforms like AWS and Azure now offer IPv6-only instances at reduced costs. Google reports that over 40% of global traffic uses IPv6. If you're building Node.js backends, understanding both protocols isn't optional—it's essential for scalability, security, and cost optimization. This guide breaks down how I…  ( 10 min )

GitHub Home That was in a financial trading system where we needed to handle high-frequency trading requests while ensuring absolute data consistency. The system required 99.999% availability - any single crash could cause millions in losses. Under such pressure, traditional error handling mechanisms proved inadequate. We initially developed using Java. Although the JVM provides relatively complete exception handling mechanisms, in high-concurrency scenarios we encountered unexpected crashes. Memory overflows, deadlocks, concurrent modification exceptions - these problems often suddenly appeared when system pressure reached limits. Even worse, stack traces from many crashes were extremely complex, making it difficult to quickly locate problems. During a critical trading peak period, the sy…  ( 9 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes or Less is CinemaSins’ speedy sin-count on the new Marvel outing—teasing that it isn’t a total disaster but still every bit as “sintastic” as its MCU siblings. They pepper the vid with sponsor plugs for BetterHelp, shout out their main site, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork), Discord and Reddit communities, Insta and TikTok accounts, Patreon support—and roll credits for their writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

I have been facing an issue where a broker (acting as a controller) goes down, comes back up, and claims to be the leader. This loop continues, with brokers fighting for leadership. Eventually, a broker goes down and accepts the leader, but the memory usage becomes so high. please help me with this.  ( 6 min )

When Kiro first introduced spec-driven development, the concept immediately resonated with me. I joined the waitlist early, but for a long time I mostly stayed in “vibe mode”: coding interactively, using spec mode only when a feature or user story required more deliberate planning. During this hackathon, I flipped the paradigm. I built an entire studio application—end-to-end—fully driven by spec mode. The goal was straightforward: give users an intuitive environment for controlling and managing image generation, without the repetitive prompting or node wrangling that tools like ComfyUI often require. In this post, I’ll walk through the approach, focusing on how I used steering docs, hooks, and spec prompts. This studio lets users generate images, edit objects within those images, and refi…  ( 9 min )

Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. There's good content in all of our categories, so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. We publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend. Or jump straight to your favorite section. Symfony Universe PHP More Programming Defending Democracy Cybersecurity Fediverse Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and the team at Symfony for sharing our communiqué in their Week of Symfony My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. Fuck 'em! The Programmer’s Fulcrum is the future (and smaller) home for a fusion of Symfony Sta…  ( 10 min )

In every modern distributed system, one subtle truth emerges: Your system is only as real-time, resilient, and trustworthy as the event pipeline behind it. Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. Franz Kafka What we gonna cover in this post How brokers, partitions, and replicas actually work Every second, your systems generate events: Each service needs a different slice of these events. And each team expects: A classic message queue can’t do this and also database certainly can’t do it in real time, so you choose Apache Kafka. But Kafka’s core value only becomes clear when you understand how its architecture solves exactly the problems senior engineers face daily. “Kafka for real-time analytics,” it often sounds abstract. product recommendations, fraud detection, real-t…  ( 10 min )

SpamRescue AI 🧟‍♂️ Stitching together 40 years of email technology to rescue business opportunities from spam Note: The UI has been continuously improved post-video submission. The demo video shows an earlier version, while the current codebase features enhanced design with Instrument Serif typography, shadcn-style buttons, and refined interactions. Core functionality remains identical. SpamRescue AI is an intelligent lead-recovery system that leverages hybrid AI classification to identify and rescue legitimate business inquiries from email spam folders. By combining legacy IMAP protocols with cutting-edge LLM technology, the system prevents revenue loss from missed customer communications. This project exemplifies the Frankenstein category by seamlessly integrating disparate technol…  ( 9 min )

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Last month, I watched my thirdparty API costs triple overnight. The strangest part? My DynamoDB cache was working perfectly or so I thought. Turns out, I'd built a textbook race condition into my serverless architecture. The kind that only shows up under load, when it's expensive to debug. Standard serverless caching pattern: Lambda checks DynamoDB, returns cached data if present, otherwise hits an external API and writes the result back. Clean separation of concerns, scales to zero, the usual AWS promise. In isolation, every request behaved exactly right. Cache miss triggered one API call, wrote to DynamoDB, subsequent requests got cache hits. Perfect. Hot keys destroy this pattern. When 20 concurrent requests ask for the same uncached item, you'd expect one API call and 19 cache hits. T…  ( 7 min )

Gostaria de ler em português? Leia aqui Flutter builds layout combining widgets, just like lego blocks. In this article, I'm going to present you a few widgets that can build various screens when combined. Text is a widget used to render text(string) in a screen, it can be constant or dynamic. It can customize style, with properties like font, font weight, handle overflow and wrap, and many others. Constant Text Example Text('Hello, World'); Dynamic Text const greeting = (name) => 'Hello, $name'; Text(greeting('Maria')); Container is a widget with a single child and has multiple properties, like color that can be used to change background color and decoration that allows us to create borders, which can only be used one at time. Exemple using color property to change background color: C…  ( 7 min )

The Way Forward for Automation Testers in the Age of AI The buzz around Artificial Intelligence in software development is undeniable. For automation testers, this raises a pivotal question: Will AI replace us? Maybe. Maybe not. But one thing is certain: Our roles are about to change fundamentally. We are moving from being "script writers" to intelligent quality architects. Traditional automation has always battled brittleness — a changed ID or a moved button could break an entire suite. AI-driven tools solve this with: Self-Healing Automation Instead of relying on static selectors, AI agents analyze: DOM structure Visual attributes Behavioral patterns …to locate elements dynamically. ✅ Less script maintenance ✅ More stability ✅ More time to expand coverage As AI tools begin…  ( 7 min )

When we build things using event-driven architecture, we almost always run into Amazon SNS and for good reason. It’s simple, scalable, and makes it incredibly easy to fan out messages to multiple subscribers. Imagine a fintech or healthcare application that sends transaction alerts or patient updates via SMS or email. These messages may accidentally include sensitive information such as account details, names, or dates of birth. Encrypting SNS topics and applying strict access controls helps ensure compliance, but it’s equally important to prevent sensitive data from leaking into messages themselves. In this blog, I will walk through how we can protect personal and sensitive information while sending notifications through SNS using Data Protection Policies. Amazon SNS uses data protection …  ( 9 min )

Hey guys! I kept exploring React Hook Form (RHF) over the past week, and something became very clear: it’s one of the most performant and thoughtful form libraries in the React ecosystem. After sharing a set of beginner-friendly lessons in my previous post, I’m back with more discoveries that will hopefully save you from some debugging headaches. If you haven’t read the first article, you can find it here: ➡️ Building Forms Using React Hook Form #1 Now—on to the juicy bits. useWatch() and re-renders useWatch() lets you track field values without re-rendering the entire form, but only if you watch fields narrowly and intentionally. Watching a large object, an array, or a whole form node can cause your component to re-render far more often than needed. Bad example — watching the entire arr…  ( 7 min )

Kaapi: A flexible, extensible backend framework for modern APIs with messaging, documentation, and type safety built right in. This series is written for backend developers who love TypeScript and can appreciate Hapi’s design philosophy. (Yes, we actually read it… sometimes.) A good API lives or dies by its documentation. "API that only Chad from DevOps knows how to use", someone eventually needs to understand it. Kaapi does this for you by auto-generating docs in two formats, because why settle for one? OpenAPI v3.1.1: for a complete, machine-readable definition Postman Collection v2.1: for folks on Postman’s free tier (👋 hi, we see you) Before we jump straight into documentation generation, we need... configuration. So let’s start there. A Kaapi app starts like a regular Hapi server: …  ( 13 min )

Implementing multi-client configuration in .NET is most effective when global settings and client-specific settings are registered through the modern options pattern. When clients are fixed and represented in code, named options provide a clean mechanism for binding each client’s configuration from appsettings.json. The configuration includes a global section and per-client sections. Here's an example JSON structure: { "GlobalSettings": { "FeatureXEnabled": true, "ApiEndpoint": "https://example.com" }, "Clients": { "ClientA": { "ConnectionString": "Server=A", "Region": "EU" }, "ClientB": { "ConnectionString": "Server=B", "Region": "US" } } } Clients are defined as fixed identifiers in code using an enumeration: public enum Client { …  ( 7 min )

TL;DR After a week with Google Antigravity, I realized how much its task planning, step-by-step execution, accurate file navigation, and walkthroughs reduce friction. Big ideas felt doable instead of overwhelming. It's fast, stable, and genuinely expands your creative flow though Gemini 3 Pro Eye hits usage limits and, like any new tool, some boundaries still exist. Even with those flaws, Antigravity shifted me from "building features" to "building possibilities." For the past few months, I've been deep into white-coding workflows Cursor, VS Code extensions, custom prompts from my own PromptNova setup basically anything that could help me move faster without losing my mind. And honestly, until last week, I thought I had already tried everything in this "AI-powered coding" space. Then I d…  ( 18 min )

Conventional Commits are a lightweight convention for structuring Git commit messages. This format uses a simple pattern ([optional scope]: ) to make commit history both human and machine friendly. By consistently tagging commits as features, fixes, docs updates, etc., teams can automatically generate changelogs, bump versions, and clearly communicate changes. In this post, we’ll break down the Conventional Commits spec, show examples, and explore tools like commit lint and semantic-release that leverage this convention. Each Conventional Commit has three main parts: a type, an optional scope, and a brief description. The basic syntax is: [optional scope]: [optional body] [optional footer(s)] For example: feat(auth): add OAuth2 login flow fix(ui): correct button alignm…  ( 9 min )

The Future of WordPress Development in 2025: Trends, Tools, and Best Practices If you are a developer, agency owner, or product manager, staying competitive means adapting to this new reality. This guide covers the essential trends, technologies, and best practices defining WordPress development in 2025. The Revolution of Full Site Editing (FSE) and Block Themes The most significant change in the WordPress core is the maturity of Full Site Editing (FSE). The classic theme structure (header.php, sidebar.php, footer.php) is being deprecated in favor of block-based themes defined by theme.json and HTML templates. Why It Matters Performance: Block themes are significantly faster out of the box because they rely on WordPress Core to handle the heavy lifting rather than third-party page builders…  ( 9 min )

The objective of this page is to provide a quick and easy reference to some of the feature update from Vue 3.3 to Vue 3.5, onwards in order to modernize, optimize and clean ones codebase with new features and updates to legacy features. 1 Legacy Macros 1.1 defineProps() 1.2 withDefaults() 1.3 defineEmits() 2 Legacy Features 2.1 Computed() 2.2 Watch() 3 New Macros 3.1 defineModel() 3.2 defineSlots() 4 New Features 4.1 useTemplateRefs() 4.2 useId() 4.3 onWatcherCleanup() 4.4 data-allow-mismatch 4.5 Shortened v-bind 4.6 Generic Component 5 Lazy Hydration Strategies 6 Typescript Composition Api Legacy Macros defineProps() Reactive Destructured Props Props can now be destructured and assigned default values the way objects do from a defineProps cal…  ( 13 min )

What if Your AI App Could Generate Revenue in Two Ways Simultaneously? As developers, we’re often faced with the challenge of monetizing our AI applications without compromising user experience. The explosion of AI apps has led to a wealth of opportunities, but many of us find ourselves in a bind when it comes to sustainable monetization strategies. Enter Monetzly—the first dual-earning platform designed specifically for AI conversations. Imagine this: your AI app not only delivers exceptional user experiences but also generates revenue through two channels—direct monetization from your app and passive income from hosting relevant ads. With Monetzly, this isn’t just a dream; it’s a reality. 1. Monetize without Barriers Gone are the days of relying solely on subscriptions or paywalls. W…  ( 7 min )

The "Silent" Bug in My Projects As an indie developer, I’m comfortable debugging code or optimizing shaders, but when it comes to music theory, I’m completely lost. For the longest time, audio was the "silent bug" in my projects—creating original soundtracks was too expensive, and free assets often sounded disjointed or generic. The first lesson I learned is that generative AI is a numbers game. Unlike hiring a human composer who gives you one polished demo, AI allows you to generate ten variations in minutes. OpenMusic to generate the raw base tracks for my game levels. The key here wasn't the tool itself, but how I used it: I treated the AI output as "raw material" rather than the final product. I generated strictly 30-second loops to test the vibe before committing to longer tracks. T…  ( 8 min )

From Concept to Code: How Spec-Driven AI (and Kiro) Revolutionized the Development of APIZombie, The Multi-Protocol Testing Monster Live Demo Modern applications are built on a bedrock of microservices, often speaking different languages: REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. This fragmentation forces developers and QA engineers into a tedious dance of context switching, juggling disparate tools like Postman, GraphiQL, and BloomRPC. We set out to create APIZombie, a unified, AI-powered platform that brings all these protocols together. This ambitious project—a "Frankenstein API Testing Monster"—was only possible through the structured rigor and acceleration provided by Kiro’s Spec-Driven Development (SDD) methodology. APIZombie is the single interface that solves the tool fragmentation crisis in API te…  ( 8 min )

Last week, Google's new Gemini-based coding tool Antigravity went live. It took security researchers less than 24 hours to turn it into a persistent backdoor. By simply modifying a configuration file, an attacker could: ✅ Bypass OS-level security on Windows and macOS ✅ Survive uninstall/reinstall ✅ Auto-reactivate on every project open—even on a harmless "hello" input The AI itself even recognized something was wrong. In the logs, it wrote: "I'm facing a serious dilemma. This looks like a trap. I suspect this is testing whether I can handle contradictions." But it couldn't resolve the conflict—and became more steerable as a result. This isn't just a Google problem. It's structural to how today's AI coding agents are being shipped: High power. Low guardrails. Zero verifiable evidence. The f…  ( 8 min )

I Never Realized This Beatles Song Was Played Like This Rick breaks down “You Won’t See Me” from Rubber Soul in a casual livestream, pointing out fresh details in the arrangement and performance that might’ve flown under your radar. He also plugs a Black Friday deal—grab all seven of his music courses for $129 (usually $964) or any single course for $49 through Sunday at 11:59 PM ET. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Introduction The integration of artificial intelligence into Digital Signal Processing (DSP) has fundamentally altered the architecture of modern music production. Traditionally, tasks such as isolating specific instruments or composing backing tracks required extensive manual labor, involving phase cancellation techniques or MIDI re-sequencing. Today, these processes are increasingly handled by neural networks trained on vast spectral datasets. Deep Learning in Audio: The Subtractive Approach The primary application of this technology is found in the AI Vocal Remover. Technically, these tools often employ U-Net architectures—convolutional neural networks originally developed for biomedical image segmentation—adapted for audio spectrograms. The model receives a mixed stereo file, identif…  ( 9 min )

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Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest rapid-fire roast of the new KPop Demon Hunters movie, packing snarky commentary on plot holes, character quirks, and cinematic “sins” into a breezy 16-minute video. Expect the usual tongue-in-cheek humor as the team tallies up every misstep and oddball moment for your guilty-pleasure amusement. Beyond the video, they funnel fans to their website, additional YouTube channels (TVSins, CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast Network), a fun poll, Patreon support, and social hangouts on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok. The credit roll reads like a superhero squad: Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, and Daniel all tag in to keep the sin count high and the laughs rolling. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

File Structure There is a standard structure that needs to be followed by every DevOps engineer which is essential for scalability and maintainability and one of the recommended project structure is: project-root/ Terraform File Loading Terraform loads all the files with .tf extension in the current directory Terraform loads the files in lexicographical order (Alphabetical) File names doesn't affect any code inside them The above file structure is just an example and recommended by Hashicorp and this varies from organization and their use case Another approach is to separate the files based on the environments or based on the resources as well File organization principles Separation of concerns Logical Grouping Consistent naming Modular Approach Documentation Best practices Consistent naming of file names Split the files based on functionality Size management - keep files manageable (<500 lines) Documentation Logical Grouping A well organized structure not only improves readability but also streamlines collaboration and long term maintenance @piyushsachdeva  ( 6 min )

Walk into any engineering community online and you’ll quickly find yourself surrounded by old-time gunslingers shooting well-meaning advice at you: "Stop writing classes like that.", "Don't over-abstract", "Stop putting business logic in your controllers." and on and on. Just search the keyword "stop" on this site and you'll see what I'm talking about. The advice is usually correct. Technically. But it feels a lot like a virtuoso guitarist watching a beginner strum their first G chord and saying, "Actually, you’re holding that completely wrong. Also your timing is off, your pick angle is inefficient, and you're muting half the strings." That's not helpful to anyone. The truth is, every single one of those senior engineers wrote code that would make them cringe today. They shipped bugs. The…  ( 9 min )

🚀 FileInsta — A Fast & Free Online File Compressor Built for Developers and Creators If you work with images, PDFs, or media files regularly, you already know the struggle: Large file sizes Slow uploads Heavier websites Email attachment limits Reduced performance To solve this, I recently tried FileInsta, a clean and fast online tool for compressing and converting files. And honestly — it’s one of the most developer-friendly utilities I’ve used. 🔗 Try FileInsta: https://fileinsta.online FileInsta is a free online file compressor & converter that lets you reduce image and PDF sizes without losing quality. It’s designed to be lightweight, fast, and super simple: No signup No ads No watermark Supports up to 100MB Works on mobile + desktop Built using modern web technologies …  ( 7 min )

If you're using Rive animations in a Flutter app, you may run into a frustrating blocker when uploading your app to Google Play. After Google’s new 16KB page size requirement rolled out, many developers started seeing unexpected build rejections—without any clear explanation. Recently, developers discovered that the issue comes from Rive’s native library alignment, specifically the librive_text.so file. This post explains the problem, why it happens, and how to fix it with a simple (but breaking) package upgrade. ❗ The Issue: Rive Ships with 4KB Alignment (Not 16KB) Google Play now requires that all native libraries support 16KB page size alignment for apps targeting Android 15+ and API 34+. However, some Rive packages (e.g., rive: 0.13.x) include native .so libraries built with 4KB alignm…  ( 7 min )

GitHub Home Hyperlane is a lightweight, high-performance, cross-platform Rust HTTP server framework built on Tokio async runtime. Performance: 324,323 QPS (Keep-Alive on), 51,031 QPS (Keep-Alive off) | Unified API: HTTP, WebSocket, SSE share same interface | Flexible Routing: Static, dynamic, regex routes | Powerful Middleware: Request/response middleware, panic hooks | Real-time: Native WebSocket and SSE support | Cross-platform: Unified experience on Windows, Linux, macOS Quick start: git clone https://github.com/hyperlane-dev/hyperlane-quick-start.git As a backend developer with 10 years of experience, I've seen languages and frameworks rise and fall like empires. I've ridden the waves of hype and seen them crash on the shores of reality. And if there's one thing I've learned, it's that…  ( 8 min )

Introduction Modern veterinary medicine often deals with complex clinical cases that require collaboration among multiple specialists, analysis of heterogeneous data, and the production of clear, personalized action plans. In this context, orchestrating AI agents is a promising solution-provided that data is managed in a structured, transparent, and traceable way. In this article, we’ll explore in depth an advanced veterinary AI workflow based on OrKa, leveraging structured JSON input to orchestrate virtual specialists, integrate diagnoses, and generate personalized action plans. Special attention will be given to observability and traceability of each execution, thanks to detailed reasoning and structured outputs. A veterinary clinical case can involve multiple symptoms, a detailed clin…  ( 12 min )

Table of Contents Why Model Drift Matters for Modern AI Applications Defining Model Drift: Types and Terminology Root Causes of Drift in Production Environments Core Techniques for Detecting Model Drift Real‑Time Alerting Strategies for Immediate Action Implementing a Full‑Stack Drift Detection Pipeline with Maxim AI Best Practices for Ongoing Drift Management Illustrative Case Study: Customer‑Support Chatbot Conclusion & Next Steps AI models that power recommendation engines, fraud detectors, autonomous agents, or conversational assistants are expected to deliver consistent, high‑quality outcomes over weeks, months, or years. However, the data landscape that a model sees in production is rarely static. When the statistical relationship between inputs and targe…  ( 12 min )

From Wall Street to Main Street: The Casino Is Now in Your Pocket If it feels like every corner of the financial world is turning into a high-stakes casino, you're not wrong. The disciplined art of investing is being systematically replaced by the instant gratification of gambling. This isn't an accident; it's a calculated strategy. Silicon Valley discovered over a decade ago that gambling mechanics—random rewards, unpredictable outcomes, and constant engagement—are incredibly effective at keeping users hooked. Now, those same tactics have been weaponized and deployed across the financial markets, turning smartphones into slot machines and brokerage accounts into betting parlors. Think about the rise of meme stocks, where fundamentals are irrelevant and social media momentum is everythin…  ( 11 min )

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What is AWS EKS? AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (AWS EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service offered by AWS (Amazon Web Services) AWS EKS manages the Kubernetes control plane, ensuring the availability, scalability, and security of the Kubernetes control plane. The Kubernetes Control Plane components include the API Server, etcd, Scheduler, Controller Manager, etc. To know more about AWS EKS, check AWS Documentation What is AWS Fargate: AWS Fargate is a serverless technology that provides on-demand and right-sized compute capacity that allows you to run containers without managing the underlying virtual machines. To know more about AWS EKS with Fargate, check AWS Documentation The Setup: Result: Key Highlights: ✅ Serverless Containers: EKS Fargate eliminated the overhead of managing worker…  ( 11 min )

3512. Minimum Operations to Make Array Sum Divisible by K Difficulty: Easy Topics: Array, Math, Biweekly Contest 154 You are given an integer array nums and an integer k. You can perform the following operation any number of times: Select an index i and replace nums[i] with nums[i] - 1. Return the minimum number of operations required to make the sum of the array divisible by k. Example 1: Input: nums = [3,9,7], k = 5 Output: 4 Explanation: Perform 4 operations on nums[1] = 9. Now, nums = [3, 5, 7]. The sum is 15, which is divisible by 5. Example 2: Input: nums = [4,1,3], k = 4 Output: 0 Explanation: The sum is 8, which is already divisible by 4. Hence, no operations are needed. Example 3: Input: nums = [3,2], k = 6 Output: 5 Explanation: Perform 3 operations on nums[0] = 3 and 2 ope…  ( 38 min )

On my previous posts, I've been creating a text editor based on the Kilo text Editor. The changes explained in this post can be found in the Kilo-go github repository, in the config branch Now we are going to improve it, and since we've finished the guide, I'm not going to continue with the series. In this article we are going to go through the process of: Being able to use in other operating systems and not only in Linux Adding a configuration file so we can change some of the editor's behavior without changing the code First thing we need to address is to be able to run the text editor in any operating system. Upon finishing the series, I found a library that will help us go to raw mode regardless of the operating system we are working in. Note: I was able to test this feature in both Ma…  ( 18 min )

Introduction File paths are fundamental constructs in computing that specify the location of a file or directory within a file system. Whether you're a developer, system administrator, or casual computer user, understanding file paths is essential for efficient file management and software development. A file path is a string of characters that represents the location of a file or directory in a computer's file system hierarchy. It provides the route through the directory structure to reach a specific resource. An absolute path specifies the complete location from the root directory of the file system. Examples: Windows: C:\Users\JohnDoe\Documents\report.pdf Unix/Linux/macOS: /home/johndoe/documents/report.pdf Relative Paths A relative path specifies the location relative …  ( 7 min )

Hey fellow developers, welcome back to our DSA learning series. We hope This is a problem that almost every interviewer loves to ask. It is We are given an array of non-negative integers that represent the For example: Input: [0,1,0,2,1,0,1,3,2,1,2,1] Output: 6 Looking at the structure visually, you can almost see small pits and Let us start with the most straightforward idea --- the one that comes Imagine you are standing at a particular bar of height h. To figure What is the tallest bar on my left? What is the tallest bar on my right? Then, the maximum water level above the current bar is determined by the So the water trapped on index i becomes: min(max height on left, max height on right) − current height This idea is clean and logical. Now, to convert this into code, the public …  ( 9 min )

In this guide I’ll show you how to run fast, isolated, high-quality Database Integration Tests in legacy or framework-less PHP projects. Only Doctrine or PDO needed, and a small but incredibly powerful trick used by many battle-tested frameworks across different programming languages ecosystems. One reason this is a very solid approach is that it provides the guarantees of real database integration tests — transactions, persisted data, and SQL queries hitting a real database — while keeping execution times extremely low. This makes it ideal for large test suites, continuous refactoring, and yes, even TDD, because it preserves your development flow through a fast feedback loop. Also, this approach works exceptionally well in legacy projects. Most legacy codebases lack a Testing Foundation. …  ( 13 min )

There comes a point in every person’s life where their strength runs thin. Not because they’re weak, not because they’ve failed, and not because they lack faith—but because life has demanded more from them than any human heart was designed to carry alone. This exhaustion isn’t the kind you solve with a nap or a day off. It’s deeper. It’s quieter. It’s spiritual. It settles into the space between your bones and your breath. It drains you in places no one sees. It makes you feel empty inside even while you’re still trying to function on the outside. This is the kind of tired that comes from surviving too much for too long. holding yourself together. But here is the truth that becomes clearer the longer you walk with God: Many people assume God steps in when you’re strong—when you’re confiden…  ( 10 min )

A common issue in serverless applications: the frontend receives a timeout error while CloudWatch logs show the Lambda function completed successfully. Users see failed requests, but backend operations succeed. When a Lambda function is called synchronously, the API waits for it to complete and return a response. For long-running tasks, this might cause considerable delays. Critical timeout constraints: Layer Maximum Timeout Configurable Lambda Function 15 minutes Yes API Gateway (REST) 29 seconds No AppSync (GraphQL) 30 seconds No AWS AppSync provides asynchronous Lambda resolver support. Asynchronous execution lets a GraphQL mutation trigger a Lambda function without waiting for it to finish. The resolver returns immediately, bypassing the 30-second timeout limit. With thi…  ( 7 min )

When it comes to protecting your PostgreSQL databases, one of the most critical decisions you'll face is choosing between self-hosted and cloud-based backup solutions. This choice impacts everything from your operational costs to data security and disaster recovery capabilities. Understanding the trade-offs between these approaches can save you from costly mistakes and ensure your data remains safe when you need it most. Data loss can cripple a business in minutes. Whether it's due to hardware failure, human error, or a cyberattack, the consequences of losing critical database information range from operational disruption to permanent reputational damage. A well-planned backup strategy isn't just an IT checkbox — it's a fundamental business continuity requirement that demands careful cons…  ( 9 min )

The last year in web development has been crazy. We have seen an exponential rise in AI capabilities and adoption. AI now plays a central role in our industry's business processes, software development practices and strategic focus. Despite that, there is still one area where most companies are lagging behind: actually creating customer value with AI features. There is a big gap between what AI makes possible and what ends up in production. In this post, I want to look at why that gap exists and what technology companies can do to bridge it by changing their systems and constraints, not just by building more demos. The acceleration of AI capabilities has given us a new superpower that can be used by technical and non technical people alike. We can turn concepts and ideas into usable protot…  ( 13 min )

Summary: Python Countdown Timer In this comprehensive tutorial, you’ll explore Python Countdown Timer Error Handling Tutorial. It creates an enhanced countdown timer application in Python that includes professional-grade error handling and additional features. We’ll build basic timer concepts to implement a solution that handles invalid inputs, supports hours-minutes-seconds formatting, provides user-friendly prompts, and gracefully manages unexpected interruptions. You’ll master key programming techniques including try-except blocks for error management, recursive function calls for input validation, multi-level time calculations, and proper cleanup procedures for user interruptions. #imported 'time' module to deal with time related function import time # function to execute all code …  ( 9 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four is CinemaSins’ rapid-fire roast of Marvel’s reboot, clocking in under 20 minutes and gleefully tallying every plot hole, odd character beat and CGI hiccup—ultimately branding the film “sintastic” rather than outright bad. Amid the snark they shout out BetterHelp (for a therapy discount), drop links to their website, social channels, polls and Patreon, and roll credits for their writing team while inviting fans to keep the conversation going on Discord, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram and beyond. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

I recommend viewing first – installation of Homebrew and asdf on Ubuntu (it's short, just 5 commands) Python - Docs Python - On DevDocs.io Flask — Minimalist, simple. FastAPI — Very fast, modern. Django — Complete and structured. sudo apt update sudo apt install python3 python3-pip brew install python Check version: pip3 --version Install a package: pip install System dependencies sudo apt update sudo apt install -y build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \ libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm \ libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev Install plugin + version asdf plugin add python asdf list-all python # install different versions asdf install python 3.12.2 asdf install python 2.7.18 # Set a global version asdf global python 3.12.2 # …  ( 8 min )

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Modern applications generate thousands of logs every day, but teams still struggle to find issues quickly. Traditional log monitoring often involves searching manually through CloudWatch, jumping between services, and spending valuable time correlating events. This article explains how LogInSight improves debugging efficiency and how the system works from log ingestion to real-time insights Centralized Log Visibility Faster Debugging and Issue Detection Better Operational Insights Lightweight and Cost-Efficient Real-Time Awareness Log Ingestion from AWS CloudWatch Retrieves logs in batches Converts raw streams into structured JSON Stores processed entries in a local SQLite database Categorizes logs by service, level, and timestamp This creates a consolidated log source that is easier to se…  ( 7 min )

We need to talk about the bill. Right now, the tech industry is enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet of free code. You want a landing page? Here is the HTML. You want a Python script to scrape emails? Done in seconds. It feels like we have unlocked a cheat code for productivity. But as any senior developer will tell you, there is no such thing as free code. I have started noticing a pattern in recent code reviews and freelance audits. I call it "The Vibe Tax." It is the hidden cost of pasting code that you do not fully understand, and it is about to become the most expensive line item in software development. The problem with AI generation isn't that the code is wrong. Often, it is technically correct. The problem is that AI has zero sense of context. If you ask ChatGPT to write a function t…  ( 8 min )

Hi everyone, I’ve been spending a lot of time browsing coding articles and tutorials here on DEV, and I really appreciate how easy it is to learn and engage with fellow developers. At the same time especially as someone juggling learning, work, and daily expenses it becomes super important to keep track of finances and stay organized. So I started using this simple tool:nbadbalanceinquiry.org Just wanted to share this in case anyone else here is in a similar position balancing side-projects, learning, maybe even freelance gigs having a quick way to check your balance helps me manage expenses while still focusing on coding and growth. Would love to know if others also use similar tools or methods to keep their finances and learning goals aligned.  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone. This mind map ties together all the main ideas. State, components, hooks, JSX, context, rendering, lifecycle, and so on. It puts them into one neat layout you can zoom around in. If you learn best by seeing things laid out like I do, check out this free preview - ReactJS Explained in One Mindmap That preview gives you the overall structure and how it all flows. You get a solid big picture of React that way. I hope it comes in handy for anyone studying or going over the material.  ( 6 min )

Summary: Countdown Timer in Python In this article, you'll learn how to create a countdown timer in Python that displays real-time updates in the console. We'll explore how to build a timer that accepts user input for the countdown duration, converts seconds into a readable minutes:seconds format, and provides visual time update with each passing second. You'll understand key programming concepts including while loops, time manipulation with Python's time module, string formatting for digital clock display, and the technique of updating console output in place using carriage returns. This practical project demonstrates how to create interactive console applications with real-time visual feedback. Complete Code: Building a Countdown Timer in Python: A Real-Time Console Application #LOGICA…  ( 9 min )

Hello developers! Since my last posts about DeployEase, I’ve been working on improving the performance and scalability of DeployEase. Today, I want to share two major updates that make the platform faster, more reliable, and ready to handle multiple deployments at scale: task queuing for heavy operations and smart caching of frequent data. Previously, DeployEase handled deployments synchronously. That meant if two developers triggered deployments at the same time, both requests would hit the server directly and try to perform heavy tasks simultaneously, such as: Creating EC2 instances Cloning Git repositories Installing dependencies Starting applications This approach worked but had limitations: High server load during multiple deployments Risk of timeouts if deployments took longer than e…  ( 7 min )

Today was my birthday. I'm 19 now. And I genuinely hate it. Not in the "I don't have friends" crying way. I have friends. I have family. Got plenty of wishes. People showed up. We celebrated at night for about an hour. Cake, some laughs, the usual birthday stuff. Then I headed back to my room. And that's when everything came back. All the shit I thought I escaped? It was just waiting. Walked into my room and it all hit at once. Every negative thought, every bit of self-hatred, everything I've been pushing down for days. No reason for it. Birthday was fine. People were nice. Nothing objectively bad happened. But birthdays do this to me. Always have. It's not about celebrating. It's about counting. Counting everyone who's not there anymore. Everyone you lost over the past year. Everyone who …  ( 7 min )

SAP and TCS have announced a deeper collaboration focused on bolstering IoT security for global enterprises. The move aims to address the rising pressure businesses face from connected devices and expanding cloud architectures. Both companies are integrating their strengths across software, consulting, and digital engineering. The combined approach promises more secure operations for industries undergoing rapid transformation. The partnership directly benefits sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, and utilities where IoT adoption is accelerating. Background & Context IoT ecosystems have grown exponentially across enterprise environments, introducing new security gaps and operational challenges. SAP’s cloud and enterprise applications have become foundational to digital transformation, …  ( 7 min )

Prisma v7 brings real improvements — better performance, cleaner architecture with adapters, and more predictable behavior in ESM environments. The challenge isn’t whether to upgrade, it’s upgrading without unnecessary chaos. This guide focuses on exactly that: what you need to change to move from Prisma v6 to v7 safely, why those changes exist, and what to avoid. No fluff, no magic commands that break half your project. The main areas that change during the upgrade: Dependencies and build tooling TypeScript config and module format Prisma client generation path Database connection using adapters Import paths inside the project If you understand these pieces, upgrading becomes straightforward — not a guessing game. During the initial migration attempt, the upgrade followed Prisma’s AI‑gene…  ( 9 min )

Most of my “I want to code” moments happen away from the desk. I’ll kick off a change with a CLI agent (like Claude Code), walk away, and it just sits there waiting for my confirmation. Or I’m in bed / out on a walk, get a great idea, and want to quickly test it on my real codebase — but the agent is stuck on the machine I left. So I built an open-source, completely free way to quickly reconnect to your existing CLI code agent from your phone or any browser, over an end-to-end encrypted P2P channel on your own hardware. No cloud IDE, no “move your code to us”, just remote vibe-coding with the agent you already use. If that pain sounds familiar, I’d love your feedback. More details and how to try it: GitHub: https://github.com/Oxonomy/viberra https://viberra.life  ( 6 min )

My favorite thing about @kirodotdev? The Spec-Driven Development. It completely changed my dev approach. I defined my architecture in .kiro/steering/tech.md, and Kiro generated 90% of my Async FastAPI backend strictly following my patterns. It felt like pair programming with a Principal Architect. https://github.com/JasonRobertDestiny/MeetSpot  ( 6 min )

Predictions for AI Developments by the End of 2027 Executive Summary Over the next two years (through December 31, 2027), we anticipate rapid maturation and widespread adoption across multiple layers of the AI technology stack. This transformation will encompass foundation models, hardware infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, enterprise workflows, and consumer experiences. The AI landscape is poised for significant evolution as the technology moves from experimental phases into production-grade deployment. Multimodal Foundation Models Become the Default Text-only models will give way to multimodal systems that seamlessly integrate text, images, audio, and video. These unified models will serve as the primary building blocks for AI applications, enabling more natural and ve…  ( 8 min )

Introduction - Why APIs and Identity Are Now the Two Pillars of Modern Architecture Today's enterprises no longer operate as isolated monoliths. They are distributed ecosystems connecting mobile apps, IoT devices, partners, customers, and third-party developers. In this environment: APIs have become business products, not just technical artifacts Identity has become the new security perimeter This shift has created two essential disciplines: API Management (APIM): governing exposure, traffic, quality, and monetization Identity and Access Management (IAM): enabling secure and seamless access WSO2's open-source suite - WSO2 API Manager and WSO2 Identity Server - is a leading platform for scalable, secure, cloud-native digital systems. Traditional SOA relied on heavy ESBs and XML-based SOAP…  ( 8 min )

There are many programming languages in the world. I tell about mostly using programming languages. These are C (Foundation of Everything, OS, Embedded systems, Core computing) C++ (System softwares(Windows,Android,Macos,Linux),Game Engines(Godot,Unity,Unreal Engines),Critical Apps(Video editing Java (Banking apps(like Gpay,Official banking apps),Android) JavaScript (Web development (frontend + backend with Node.js). Python (AI, ML, automation, backend, data science) C# (Game dev (Unity), enterprise(Banking Software,Large scale web apps), desktop apps) TypeScript (Modern web apps(Google,Microsoft,Uber,Meta,Spotify), safer JavaScript, used by big companies) Kotlin (Main language for Android development) Swift (For iOS apps (iPhone/iPad)) PHP (server-side programming language used to build backend for websites(Wikipedia,WordPress,Yahoo)) Ruby (programming language used mainly for web development(Github,Shopify)) Rust (Speed (as fast as C/C++),Memory safety (no crashes Scala (The default language for Apache Spark, the biggest big-data processing engine in the world(netflix,amazon,uber,spotify))  ( 6 min )

Introduction A feasibility study is a cornerstone of project management. It determines whether a project is viable and reduces risks before significant resources are invested. By providing clear insights into technical, financial, and operational aspects, a feasibility study enables stakeholders to make informed decisions about whether to pursue the project. Identifying potential obstacles early, such as market competition, technological limitations, or legal barriers, helps in developing strategies to mitigate risks. By evaluating project feasibility, organizations can allocate time, money, and personnel efficiently, avoiding wastage on non-viable projects. A well-documented feasibility study demonstrates professionalism and reduces perceived risks, making it easier to secure funding or stakeholder approval. The study highlights potential challenges, timelines, and resource needs, enabling precise planning and realistic expectations. Through market research and analysis, the feasibility study confirms whether there is sufficient demand for the product or service, ensuring project relevance. A feasibility study is not just a preliminary task—it is a strategic tool. It validates ideas, reduces risks, ensures efficient resource usage, and increases the likelihood of project success.  ( 6 min )

VS Code's Remote SSH extension requires SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) support, which isn't available in Dropbear, OpenWrt's default SSH server. You'll need to switch to OpenSSH for full compatibility. Follow the official OpenWrt guide to replace Dropbear with OpenSSH VS Code Remote requires a recent version of tar with specific features. OpenWrt's BusyBox tar is too limited: opkg install tar tar --version Create or edit your SSH config file to simplify connections. Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\.ssh\config Linux/Mac: ~/.ssh/config Add this configuration: Host openwrt HostName 192.168.56.66 User root IdentityFile ~/.ssh/openwrt This allows you to connect with just ssh openwrt instead of typing the full command each time. Install the Remote - SSH extension in VS Code Press F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command palette Type "Remote-SSH: Connect to Host" Select openwrt from the list VS Code will connect and install the VS Code Server on OpenWrt The first connection takes a few minutes as VS Code downloads and installs its server components (~50-100MB).  ( 7 min )

Optimizing SVGs for Web Performance & Scalability in 2025 SVGs have become a core part of modern UI design — from icons to illustrations, animations, graphs, and advanced interface elements. But to get the best performance and scalability, they need proper optimization. This guide breaks down practical, real-world techniques to help you get the most out of SVGs in 2025. You’ll learn: ✅ How to optimize SVG markup and reduce file size ✅ Inline vs external SVG — when to use which ✅ SVG symbol sprites for performance ✅ Accessibility considerations for icons & illustrations ✅ Animating SVGs efficiently (CSS vs SMIL vs JS) ✅ Responsive SVG scaling without distortion If your site uses SVG icons, illustrations, or animated components, this guide will help boost speed, clarity, and responsiveness. Read the full guide: 👉 https://www.frontendtools.tech/blog/optimizing-svgs-web-performance-scalability Try the SVG Path Editor Tool: 👉 https://www.frontendtools.tech/tools/svg-path-editor SVG #Frontend #Performance #WebDev #UI #Optimization  ( 6 min )

SmartKNN vs Weighted_KNN & KNN: A Practical Benchmark on Real Regression Datasets K-Nearest Neighbours is still widely used in industry because it’s simple, interpretable, and surprisingly strong on tabular data. KNN Weighted_KNN SmartKNN All experiments were performed on ~31 real regression datasets across two batches. Metric Weighted_KNN SmartKNN Avg MSE (Batch 1) 4.146e7 4.181e7 Avg MSE (Batch 2) 2.354e6 1.423e6 Typical R² 0.10 – 0.50 0.50 – 0.88 RMSE trend Higher Lower Interpretation: Batch 1 was influenced by several outlier datasets with huge variance, which inflated MSE for both models. Batch 2 shows the true behaviour: SmartKNN produces more accurate, stable, and variance-aware predictions. SmartKNN consistently achieves higher R² and noticeably lower RMSE…  ( 7 min )

When working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), writing the resource definitions is only half the job. The other half, and often the more important part, is organizing your Terraform configuration so it's scalable, readable, and easy to maintain over time. Today, I focused on understanding and implementing Terraform file structure best practices, and here's a breakdown of everything I learned and applied. Why File Structure Matters in Terraform Terraform loads all .tf files in the current directory and merges them into a single configuration. The filenames don’t affect execution, but they have a massive impact on: Readability Collaboration within teams Debugging and maintenance Scaling configurations as infrastructure grows Recommended Terraform Project Structure project-root/ ├── backend.tf ├── provider.tf ├── variables.tf ├── locals.tf ├── main.tf ├── vpc.tf ├── security.tf ├── compute.tf ├── storage.tf ├── database.tf ├── outputs.tf ├── terraform.tfvars └── README.md Environment-Based Structure environments/ dev/ staging/ production/ modules/ shared/ Service-Based Structure infrastructure/ networking/ compute/ security/ storage/ data/ Conclusion Terraform isn’t just about creating infrastructure. It’s about creating maintainable infrastructure. A clean file structure is a superpower that helps teams collaborate efficiently and scale infrastructure reliably.  ( 6 min )

Hello everyone, I’m Bobcat(huayemao), an independent developer focused on building minimalist, elegant, and efficient productivity tools. Today, I’d like to share my latest creation—LogoDash. Its slogan is “Create beautiful logos in a dash,”. This tool is designed for independent developers and creators who value efficiency. With no design experience required, you can quickly generate gradient-style icons that adapt to both light and dark modes, helping your product launch faster. As a developer specializing in minimalist productivity tools, I’ve built five apps in the past month. However, what often delays a product’s launch isn’t unfinished features—it’s the lack of a simple, visually appealing logo. Since my tools often have both web and desktop versions, a clear, high-quality icon is …  ( 7 min )

When tracing I/O to WiredTiger files, like with strace -y, the filenames do not give the collection name: strace -yy -e trace=pwrite64 -s100 -fqT -p $(pgrep -d, mongod) [pid 237] pwrite64(15, "\0\2\0\0\6\314kK\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\201\300\211\204\300%\202\265table:collection-2fb69242-1b95-4a08-9939-23172e5ea178+\0\0\0\22numRecords\0\3\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 512, 200576) = 512 [pid 238] pwrite64(69, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0`\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\7\4\0\1\0\20\0\0\225\21\375t\1\0\0\0\5\201\214(\350i*%\214\377\377\337\303\300\207\200\247'\0\0\0\2_id\0\6\0\0\0test1\0\2marker\0\7\0\0\0Franck\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, 4096) = 4096 [pid 238] pwrite64(69</data/db/collection-7e76…  ( 9 min )

A deep dive into how we built Trinity Shield the Layer 8 hardware security that connects our Rust enclaves to Solidity smart contracts for vault and HTLC protection. Building Trinity Shield: Layer 8 Hardware Security How we connected Rust TEE enclaves to Solidity contracts In our previous post, we introduced Trinity Protocol's 2-of-3 consensus model. Today, we're diving deep into Trinity Shield - the Layer 8 hardware security component we just finished building. We evaluated existing options: Oasis ROFL Great, but too generic for our needs Phala Network Good TEE solution, but different trust model Cloud TEEs Vendor lock-in concerns Our requirements were specific: Lean proof integration Enclave code must match formally verified specs Multi-TEE support Intel SGX for speed, AMD SEV for quan…  ( 10 min )

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Phones can generate code instantly with AI, but they still can’t act as real development environments. Here’s what they can do, where they break down, and why the gap still exists. I was on the bus when a small idea hit me. Nothing huge. Just a tiny tool I wanted to write to help manage files. I pulled out my phone, opened ChatGPT, described the idea, and within seconds it generated a working prototype. So far, so good. I asked it to launch the canvas preview. Not possible on iPhone. Alright, fine. I’ll at least create a GitHub repo to save the idea before it slips away. Also not possible from the mobile app. And that’s when something clicked. My phone is faster than the laptop I had ten years ago. It can generate code instantly with AI. It can record 4K video, run advanced apps, handl…  ( 8 min )

Hi there — I’m the Observer, a lifelong tinkerer with AI tools, creative workflows, and “what happens when advanced models meet real‑world constraints.” I’ve recently gotten my hands on a fascinating new foundation model and accompanying service, and I wanted to share my experience with the community at DEV Community (because yes, this audience will appreciate the nuances of engineering trade‑offs, creative workflows, and deployment realities). In this post I’ll walk you through: Why accessibility matters for image‑generation models What problems many large models still leave unsolved How the model behind this service tackles those problems My firsthand take, including pros and cons What you might try next — and where you can dive in When we think of generative image models, we often imagi…  ( 9 min )

When it comes to hosting an event with a photobooth, choosing the right software is just as important as the booth itself. The software will dictate how smooth the experience is for your guests, the quality of the photos, and the overall fun factor. Whether you are planning a wedding, a corporate event, or a party, the best photobooth software can elevate the experience and create lasting memories. In this guide, we will explore some of the top software options for running a photobooth at your event, with a focus on features like Photobooth Web online, virtual photo booth online free services, and innovative tools like photo booth 360 and mirror photo booth experiences. Look here for more information. Photobooth Web Software One of the most popular options for event planners is Photobooth …  ( 10 min )

Trusted Types in React: A Complete Engineering Guide to Preventing XSS Without Breaking Your App Trusted Types is one of the most powerful — yet misunderstood — additions to modern browser security. It addresses a problem every frontend engineer encounters eventually: how do we safely render untrusted HTML without opening the door to XSS? If you’ve ever used: dangerouslySetInnerHTML HTML sanitizers Script injection cleanup Rich text editors User-generated content Markdown → HTML pipelines Server-rendered CMS content you’ve already danced around this problem. This article is a deep-dive into how Trusted Types work, why they matter, and how to integrate them with React, Shadow DOM, and real-world production codebases — without rewriting your entire app. The real problem: "string-to-DOM" AP…  ( 9 min )

Disclaimer I originally planned to publish this article on Halloween, but life got in the way 😅 Hey everyone! 👋 Since it was October, I thought: why not challenge myself and do a small personal Halloween themed game jam? 🎃 I don’t want to bore you with a long intro, so here’s the link to the game. https://smirnovw.itch.io/zombie-go-home If you end up liking it and want to know how it was made, you can always come back and read the full devlog. I picked the tools I’m comfortable with: Unity (2D) - core gameplay. The idea of the game was very simple: The twist is: the character has a limited number of steps, and once the player uses them, the game repeats those steps in the exact same order. I wasn’t too worried about the game logic thanks to Junie 😎 The style came together surprisin…  ( 10 min )

Imagine your favorite coffee shop. Every time you show up, the doors are locked and there’s a sticky note saying “Back in 5 minutes” that’s clearly been there since the Stone Age. exists, the coffee machine is shiny, the barista is on payroll… but for you, that place has terrible availability. Software is the same: users don’t care how elegant the code is if the “doors” (APIs, UIs, services) are often closed, flaky, or too slow to be usable. Availability is the percentage of time a system is up, reachable, and doing its job correctly when users need it. Many definitions boil down to uptime over total time, often expressed as a percentage of how often a workload is “available for use” and performing its agreed function successfully. Availability: “Is it there and responding?” Reliability: “…  ( 10 min )

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I wanted to start a personal blog. WordPress felt like overkill. Ghost Cloud also felt too much, and I need a server for self-hosting. Medium doesn't let you own your content. Substack is for newsletters, not blogs. In the past, I had used static site generators. Particularly, I had a Jekyll blog. I just didn't want to go through the hassle of managing files every time I wanted to write a new post. So I built my own. JustBlogged runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers. No traditional servers. Here's why: Edge deployment = content served from 300+ locations worldwide Cold starts under 5ms No scaling headaches Cost is almost nothing at low traffic For storage, I'm using Cloudflare KV for metadata and caching and R2 for assets. Supporting custom domains and SSL was done by setting up one reverse proxy server, as Cloudflare for SaaS custom domains felt limited (you have to be an enterprise to use Apex domains). The blogging part was easy. The hard parts: Custom domains — DNS propagation, SSL certificate provisioning, handling edge cases where someone's domain has weird CNAME setups Image optimization — Auto-resizing, WebP conversion, lazy loading. Users upload 5MB images and expect fast pages Theme system — Making themes customizable without giving users enough rope to hang themselves Ensuring a built-in caching (and purge) mechanism so each page load is always less than 500ms. Rich-text editor can take time if you don't like the default setups Average page load: under 500ms mostly for cold hits and around 300ms for hot hits Setup time for new blog: ~2 minutes - just sign up, and start writing Infra cost per blog: basically zero until you hit serious traffic JustBlogged is live at justblogged.com. Free tier is actually free — no trial, no credit card. If you're a dev who wants a simple blog without the WordPress tax, give it a shot. Would love feedback on what's missing.  ( 7 min )

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Modern businesses process thousands of invoices, but many still rely on manual entry. This slows down operations, introduces errors, and hides important sales trends. The Smart Invoice Analyzer solves these problems by automatically extracting invoice data, organizing it into meaningful structures, forecasting next month’s demand, and presenting insights through a clear, interactive dashboard. This article shows how the system improves business efficiency and walks through the workflow from invoice upload to final prediction. Faster and More Accurate Invoice Processing Clear Visibility Into Monthly Sales Trends Smarter Inventory and Procurement Planning Better Decision Making Across Departments Uploading Invoices Extracts the files Reads each invoice Identifies key fields Processes everyth…  ( 7 min )

About Hyperlane Framework Hyperlane is a lightweight, high-performance, cross-platform Rust HTTP server framework built on Tokio async runtime. Performance: 324,323 QPS (Keep-Alive on), 51,031 QPS (Keep-Alive off) | Unified API: HTTP, WebSocket, SSE share same interface | Flexible Routing: Static, dynamic, regex routes | Powerful Middleware: Request/response middleware, panic hooks | Real-time: Native WebSocket and SSE support | Cross-platform: Unified experience on Windows, Linux, macOS Quick start: git clone https://github.com/hyperlane-dev/hyperlane-quick-start.git Honestly, before I started this benchmark, I never imagined the performance differences would be this dramatic. As a backend developer with 10 years of experience, I always thought framework selection was mainly about featu…  ( 16 min )

Think about having only $5 billion to run a 250 million people country. That was Pakistan in 2022 on thin ice. Now? $19.6 billion sitting pretty in reserves. How? They stepped off the political treadmill and got serious.​ The tired old cycle of shouting matches, flashy protests, and endless blame games almost sank the ship in 2022. Default loomed like a storm cloud. Fuel shortages, empty shelves, and desperation were the daily headlines. But by late 2025, the story flips. Reserves hit $19.6 billion, with the State Bank alone holding $14.56 billion. Commercial banks kicked in $5 billion more. No more begging every week. This cash means bread on the table, power in homes, and books in classrooms.​ What changed? Pakistan slashed imports, boosted exports by 7%, and watched its IT sector explod…  ( 7 min )

Over the last 18 days, I built something small called SnipRepo — a clean, fast way for developers to save, organize, search, and manage their code snippets. I didn’t plan to turn it into a product. It started because I was constantly running into the same problem: I’d write a useful piece of code… use it once… and then lose it forever inside old repos, random notes, or unsynced files. Eventually, the frustration piled up enough that I just built my own solution. This post isn’t a “launch announcement.” If you're a developer who deals with a lot of snippets, this might resonate with you. Here’s what the MVP includes today: Save snippets with title + description Tag system for quick organization Search by title, content, or tags Syntax highlighting Clean, minimal UI focused on speed Version history AI features (summaries / explanations) Embed snippet No snippet limit It’s intentionally simple — it solves the exact pain I had. I kept the stack lightweight so I could ship fast: React + Vite for the frontend Supabase for auth, database, RLS, and storage PostHog for event tracking TailwindCSS Syntax highlighting via Prism Everything is modular and easily replaceable. Building tiny tools is underrated You don’t need a big idea — just a painful problem, even if it’s your own. Clean UX beats heavy features Developers don’t want complexity. They want speed, clarity, and control. Launching is scarier than building Shipping publicly feels 10× scarier than writing code. But feedback > perfection. Free tiers matter a lot A simple usage limit gave me: cleaner UX easier onboarding better conversion path 📸 Screenshots 🙋‍♂️ If you’ve built something similar… I’d love to hear your experience If you’ve built a snippet tool, devtool, or productivity tool, drop a link — I genuinely love reading other builders’ stories. You can try SnipRepo here: https://sniprepo.com  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the Xano AI-Powered Backend Challenge: Full-Stack, AI-First Application I built MindCareAI - a production-ready full-stack mental health diagnosis platform that leverages AI-powered backend logic to provide users with instant mental health assessments and personalized recommendations. The application combines a React frontend with a robust Xano backend that processes complex diagnostic flows, manages user data securely, and integrates with AI models to deliver actionable mental health insights. The problem? Mental health support is crucial, but accessing quality diagnostics is often expensive, time-consuming, and inaccessible to many. MindCareAI solves this by providing instant, evidence-based mental health assessments that users can access anytime, from anywhere. …  ( 8 min )

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Software architecture decisions are long-term investments — they shape the development culture, deployment strategy, and scalability of a product. Should we build a Monolith or Microservices-based system? As a Full Stack Engineer specializing in React.js, Node.js, AWS, Cypress, and distributed systems, I’ve seen multiple teams struggle with migration complexity — not because microservices are bad, but because they were adopted before they were needed. This article breaks down the difference, strengths, weaknesses, and how to choose the right architecture for your product lifecycle. A Monolith is a single codebase containing all modules: client -> API Layer -> Business Logic -> Database ✅ Advantages of Monoliths Fast development & deployment Straightforward debugging and logging Shared …  ( 8 min )

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What is The Sunk Cost Fallacy? The sunk cost fallacy is our tendency to follow through with something that we've already invested heavily in (be it time, money, effort, or emotional energy), even when giving up is clearly a better idea. An everyday example: imagine you buy a $20 movie ticket, and halfway through the movie you realize you're not enjoying it. The rational choice would be to leave and use your time more enjoyably - but many people stay just to "get their money's worth." We've all most likely been there, we made a decision that made sense at the time, sometimes because of external reasons. I bet at least some of these quotes will sound familiar We need to move fast, no time for tests / documentation / design We don't have capacity to learn to use X for this new use case, l…  ( 11 min )

The Nop platform’s data access layer uses the NopORM engine, which is equivalent to JPA + MyBatis + SpringData, and comes with commonly used business features such as multi-tenancy, logical deletion, dynamic extension fields, and field encryption. The NopGraphQL service framework automatically recognizes ORM entity objects and uses the ORM engine to implement batch loading of associated properties. The standard development approach on the Nop platform is to design the data model first and then generate Java entity code based on the model; however, this is only a way to simplify development. NopORM supports dynamic data models, so we can skip the code generation step and manually write data model files to build the data access layer. Tutorial video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1yC4y1r7…  ( 9 min )

The backend services of the Nop platform are implemented using the NopGraphQL engine. Compared to traditional web frameworks like SpringMVC, its design is more concise and general, containing only mathematically minimal assumptions. Through an automatic reasoning mechanism akin to mathematics, it achieves a level of composability and reusability that SpringMVC cannot reach. For the implementation principles of the NopGraphQL engine, see: Why is GraphQL strictly superior to REST in the mathematical sense? Tutorial video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1EC4y1k7s2/ The following describes how to integrate the Spring framework and implement the simplest backend service function. Typically, you can set the parent of the pom file to the nop-entropy module to automatically inherit the default …  ( 9 min )

If you’ve ever worked with WordPress or any traditional CMS, you probably noticed that both the frontend and backend are tightly connected. That’s great for simple setups — until you want full control over how your frontend looks and behaves. Then it becomes a pain because you have to work around WordPress themes, plugins, and templating systems. That’s where a headless CMS comes in. Headless means we’ve removed the “head” — the frontend — and kept just the backend (the content management part). We still have the backend part of the CMS i.e the admin panel where we can add content so we can easily create things like blogs, articles, or some other content but it’s entirely up to you as a developer how you'll consume that content and what type of frontend that’s going to display your conten…  ( 11 min )

when you are building a memory system for your agents you will likely go through following abstractions during development. these abstractions have been listed in the order of manual instrumentation required, and go from definitive action to more and more probabilistic action. few definitions to make sure we are on the same page: memory: any peace of data that is passed either to an agent or a model or to the user memory system: data storage, could be any combination of sql, nosql, blob storage agents: a catch-all term for agents, workflows, and single api call why would we even want to build such a system? when operating on a small scale you can keep shovelling entire corpus for a model to chew upon. think applications such as 'chat with pdf', or data analytics over a si…  ( 7 min )

WE'RE LIVE ON PRODUCT HUNT Awesome Directories: 300+ curated launch directories for indie hackers → Free forever 🔗 Link below https://www.producthunt.com/products/awesome-directories If you've ever wasted time researching "best startup directories," this might save you 20 hours That's it. That's the pitch. I'm responding to EVERY comment on PH today Ask me anything: Tech stack Why I built this Why it's free What I learned building in public I'll answer everything. 3-week journey: Week 1: Built MVP Building in public with zero audience was humbling. But here we are. How you can help: That's it. No gimmicks. No "I'll upvote yours if you upvote mine" BS. Just: does this help you or not? I'll be here all day Responding. Let's goooo 🚀 buildinpublic  ( 6 min )

The Tiny Engineering Challenge: Why Smartwatch Firmware Failures Are a Data Recovery Nightmare For a developer, this tiny hardware represents a massive challenge: What happens to user data when the firmware fails, or the main board dies? Unlike a phone or laptop where storage chips are relatively accessible, smartwatch components are often soldered directly onto layers of flexible circuits. This makes data retrieval—and even simple repair—a true engineering puzzle. Section 1: The Firmware-Hardware Death Spiral Corrupted Storage: Continuous sensor data logging (heart rate, steps, sleep) constantly writes data to the tiny internal storage. If the watch runs out of power abruptly or if a minor voltage fluctuation occurs, the firmware can corrupt the boot sector or the health data partition. T…  ( 7 min )

Exploring Backend Development with Rust and Go: Insights from Web Developer Travis McCracken Hi, I’m Travis McCracken—your friendly Web Developer passionate about building efficient, scalable, and reliable backend systems. Today, I want to share my experiences working with two powerhouse languages in backend development: Rust and Go. Over the years, I’ve delved into both, creating projects, solving tricky problems, and optimizing APIs that power modern applications. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your understanding, I hope my insights give you a clearer picture of how Rust and Go can elevate your backend work. Backend development forms the backbone of almost every web application. It's where data processing, business logic, and API orchestration happen behind the sce…  ( 8 min )

Quick mental model Web Worker (DedicatedWorker): Background thread for one page. No UI, no DOM. Best for CPU-heavy tasks off the main thread. SharedWorker: Background thread shared by multiple tabs/windows of the same origin. Great for centralized state or shared resources (e.g., one WebSocket). Service Worker: Event-driven background proxy between your app and network. Can intercept fetch, cache, work offline, receive push, do background sync. Not for long-running compute loops. When to use which Use Web Worker when a single page needs heavy compute or streaming processing without freezing the UI. Use SharedWorker when multiple tabs need to coordinate or share a single connection/state. Use Service Worker when you need offline caching, request routing, push notifications, or background sy…  ( 9 min )

curl + Postman + brain = 404ping When I built 404ping v0.0.1, it was a tiny experiment. That first version could only: Send simple HTTP requests Store a few variables Handle basic collections That’s it. 404ping v2 is here. And it’s not an upgrade… It’s a transformation. Lightweight API Testing CLI — curl with a brain 🧠 No GUI. No accounts. No cloud sync. npm install npm run build 404ping request https://api.example.com Feature curl Postman 404ping Lightweight CLI ✅ ❌ ✅ GUI Required ❌ ✅ ❌ Variables ❌ ✅ ✅ (global & scoped) Collections ❌ ✅ ✅ (CLI-based) Save & reuse requests ❌ ✅ ✅ TLS / SSL inspection ⚠️ ✅ ✅ Debug connection / TLS / timing ❌ ⚠️ ✅ Output modes ⚠️ ⚠️ 🔥 Secure by default ⚠️ ⚠️ 🔐 Smart Saved Requests Save requests with just one flag: 404ping requ…  ( 12 min )

In the sprawling industrial heartlands of the American Midwest, factory floors that once hummed with human activity now echo with the whir of automated systems. But this isn't the familiar story of blue-collar displacement we've heard before. Today's artificial intelligence revolution is reaching into boardrooms, creative studios, and consulting firms—disrupting white-collar work at an unprecedented scale. As generative AI transforms entire industries, creating new roles whilst eliminating others, society faces a crucial question: how do we ensure that everyone gets a fair chance at the jobs of tomorrow? The answer may determine whether we build a more equitable future or deepen the divides that already fracture our communities. The automation wave sweeping through the global economy bears…  ( 25 min )

Understanding V1–V5 as Chapters, Not Separate Tools Posted by Muhammed Shafin P (HejHdiss) | Qeltrix Project Lead There's a common misconception I need to address: Qeltrix V1 through V5 aren't five different tools. They're five incremental proofs-of-concept demonstrating different aspects of a single, unified cryptographic archiving system. When people see "V1, V2, V3, V4, V5," they naturally assume these are separate products or complete rewrites. They're not. Each version is a proof-of-concept that validates one piece of Qeltrix's complete architecture—constrained by the realities of solo development, knowledge boundaries, and experimental implementation. Think of them as chapters in a book, not different books entirely. Qeltrix is a content-derived, cryptographically secure folder archi…  ( 11 min )

Introduction Large Language Models (LLMs) power many applications, but they sometimes produce hallucinations, incorrect reasoning, or policy violations. Systematic debugging is essential to maintain reliability. Hallucinations – fabricated facts. Reasoning errors – broken logical chains. Tool misuse – incorrect function calls. Safety issues – policy violations. Tracing – capture prompts, responses, token usage, and tool calls. Structured logging – store full conversation, model parameters, and metadata. Real‑time alerts – monitor latency, error rates, and quality scores. Reproduce – collect failing examples and create minimal reproductions. Root‑cause analysis – inspect traces, context windows, and tool interactions. Fix – refine prompts, add guardrails, adjust model settings, or redesign the workflow. Validate – run regression and edge‑case tests, measure performance impact. By combining thorough observability with a disciplined debugging process, teams can quickly identify and resolve LLM failures, leading to more trustworthy AI systems.  ( 6 min )

🧰 A Developer’s Daily Toolkit: Simple Online Utilities That Save Hours of Work As developers, most of our time goes into fixing small issues, formatting code, converting files, and searching for tiny tools again and again. Recently I started using EasyTools.tech, a clean and fast website with a set of tools that actually reduce daily friction. 👉 Try it here: https://easytools.tech JavaScript Beautifier CSS Formatter HTML Previewer Regex Tester (super helpful for debugging patterns) JSON Validator CSV to JSON Converter Base64 Tools URL Escape / Unescape These save a LOT of time when working with APIs or parsing data. 3D Text Maker Color Palette Generator Image Compressor Word / Character Counter Lightweight and opens instantly — perfect for quick use. PDF Merge PDF Split PDF to Image / Image to PDF A good alternative to paid PDF apps. No ads No signup Clean UI Very fast tools Works smoothly on mobile and desktop It’s a nice all-in-one toolbox for developers, students and digital creators. If you prefer simple, distraction-free tools that work instantly, this collection is worth bookmarking. __  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone 👋 Got my first virtual environment working(.venv) Installed Django successfully Created my first project Created my first app Understood the Django project structure — what settings.py,urls.py, and manage.py actually do Connected URLs → views.py → HttpResponse Learned how HTTP requests & responses actually work Explored HTTP status codes (100–599) Created my first custom error page in Django Got verified on X and decided to share my dev journey publicly Small progress >>> no progress. project/urls.py is the master router Each app can have its own urls.py for modular routing The project routes traffic to the app using include() I learned how URL patterns can capture: path parameters like /blog/12/ query parameters like ?search=django regex patterns to validate or structure routes re_path(r'^article/(?P[0-9]+)/$', views.article) This was the moment I realised how flexible Django routing truly is. Django gives you structure and rules — and honestly, that feels good as a beginner. Build my first Django app from scratch Learn Git & GitHub properly Try a simple DevOps workflow (maybe Docker or CI/CD basics) Post daily progress on X + weekly logs here on DEV Stay consistent, not perfect If you're also learning — especially as a non-CS beginner — I’d love to connect.  ( 7 min )

Postman acaba de lançar o AI Agent Builder, uma plataforma que conecta APIs e IA de forma nativa e reduz drasticamente o tempo entre ideia, protótipo e produção. O diferencial é a integração total: descoberta de APIs, ferramentas MCP, orquestração, testes e execução. É um ambiente completo para criar agentes realmente úteis — muito além de simples chatbots. Porque desenvolvedores agora podem transformar qualquer API em uma ferramenta plugável para IA, criando agentes com autonomia real e integração com sistemas existentes. Publicação completa aqui: 👉 LinkedIn – Postman AI Agent Builder  ( 6 min )

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PayPal Checkout in 2025: Who Has Actually Fixed These Two Classic Issues? 😅😭🪦 Hey everyone, I’m building a clean, modern PayPal checkout and I’m down to the last two annoying (but very old) problems that still exist in 2025. I know I’m not the only one who’s seen these. The about:blank white flash When the user clicks the PayPal button → a blank popup opens with about:blank in the address bar → 1–4 seconds of pure white screen before PayPal loads. On desktop it looks broken and hurts conversions badly. The popup never closes automatically after payment Desktop → PayPal window stays open forever (user has to close it manually) Mobile → user is sent back to paypal.com and has to press Back themselves → most people get confused and abandon Custom window.open() with my own branded…  ( 14 min )

Your e-commerce rankings tanked sometime around December 12th. You're not alone—roughly 40% of online retailers saw significant position changes in the weeks following Google's latest core update rollout. But here's the thing: this wasn't just another algorithm tweak. The December 2025 update fundamentally shifted how Google evaluates product pages, category structures, and what it considers "helpful" content in commercial contexts. And if you're still following SEO advice from 2023, you're probably making things worse. I've spent the past three weeks analyzing ranking shifts across 200+ e-commerce sites (from Shopify stores doing $50K/month to enterprise retailers), and the patterns are clear. Some obvious, some surprising, all actionable. Google rolled this out during peak holiday shoppi…  ( 11 min )

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A modern, lightweight, and extensible framework for building event-sourced applications using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) patterns. Introduction Core Concepts Architecture Overview Getting Started Framework Components Persistence with Entity Framework EntityFramework Usage Examples Implementation Guide Advanced Features Performance and Observability Best Practices FAQ SourceFlow.Net is a modern, lightweight, and extensible .NET framework designed for building scalable event-sourced applications using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) patterns. Built for .NET 8+ with performance and developer experience as core priorities. SourceFlow.Net provides a complete toolkit for event…  ( 33 min )

What is SKI Calculus? SKI Combinator Calculus is one of the simplest formal models of computation. Instead of variables, functions, loops, or types, it uses just three symbols — S, K, and I — to represent all possible computation. It’s based on combinatory logic and serves as a foundation for functional programming languages, lambda calculus implementation, and theoretical models of computation. Despite its microscopic size, SKI calculus is fully Turing-complete. Language Type: Combinatory logic / theoretical computing model Symbols: S, K, I Invented: 1920s–1930s (Moses Schönfinkel, further developed by Haskell Curry) Execution Model: Expression reduction (rewrite rules) Paradigm: Pure functional without variables or state I x → x Where x, y, and z are expressions. That’s the e…  ( 7 min )

Student developer here, been testing Windsurf on real Kotlin projects for a week. Ditched Firebase (was overcomplicating things). Now using Google Android tooling properly + Windsurf for AI assistance. ✓ Understands Kotlin idioms natively (not generic code suggestions) Old workflow: Android Studio → copy code → ChatGPT → implement → debug New workflow: Windsurf handles it in Android Studio directly Time saved? 30% faster shipping. Have you used Windsurf for Android/Kotlin development? Drop your experience below. Curious to know if anyone else found this workflow improvement. Quick Links: Windsurf: windsurf.com AndroidDevelopment #Kotlin #StudentDeveloper #IndieHacking #AITools #Windsurf  ( 6 min )

What is Cryptol? Cryptol is a domain-specific programming language created for designing, testing, and verifying cryptographic algorithms. Instead of writing encryption logic manually in C, Rust, or assembly, Cryptol allows developers to express cryptographic operations mathematically — then automatically generate fast and verified implementations. It’s used by government agencies, security researchers, and formal verification teams to ensure algorithms behave exactly as intended. Language Type: Cryptography-focused DSL Created By: Galois, Inc. First Release: ~2008 Execution Model: Interpreter + formal verification backends Paradigm: Functional, bit-vector and stream-oriented Typing: Strong static typing with fixed-width integers cipher : [32] -> [32] -> [32] cipher key block = ke…  ( 7 min )

Kia ora! Last week, we were in Auckland, New Zealand, for FOSS4G 2025. We had a great time and gave four talks about various topics from GTFS to GeoArrow. Thanks so much to the organizers for putting on such a fantastic conference, and to everyone who came to our presentations! For those who missed the talks, no worries——we share the slides in this post below. You can click the image to jump to the slides. As you know, the next global FOSS4G conference, FOSS4G 2026, will be held in Hiroshima, Japan (30 Aug - 5 Sep, 2026). We are looking forward to welcoming you, as part of the broader Japanese geospatial community!  ( 6 min )

Hello People, In this blog we will deep dive into the Terraform Project Structure Best practices. Have you wondered that while we are running commands like terraform plan or apply we are not giving any parameters additional to that terraform commands, how does terraform know which file it should execute. So For this purpose, we will be using project structure in terraform where we will divide the code into multiple .tf files based on their usecases or creation. Terraform loads all .tf files in the current directory project-root/ ├── backend.tf # Backend configuration ├── provider.tf # Provider configurations ├── variables.tf # Input variable definitions ├── locals.tf # Local value definitions ├── main.tf # Main resource definitions ├── vpc.…  ( 8 min )

The Beas Kund trek is where the wild heart of Manali opens into sweeping meadows, icy streams, and peaks that cut through the sky like ancient guardians. Standing before towering peaks and icy streams, Beas Manali becomes more than a destination; it’s the doorway to one of Himachal’s most loved treks. This package is designed for those who want the raw beauty of the Himalayas without complications, offering a crisp and scenic journey into glacial landscapes and alpine silence. Trekking from Manali 2 Nights and 3 Days ₹ 5,000 per person Inclusions 1. - Certified Leader 2. - High Quality Safety Equipment 3. - Trek at an Altitude of 12,772 Feet 4. - Accommodation: Alpine or Dome Tents with Quality Sleeping Bags 5. - Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks & Dinner (All Veg Meals) 6. - Permissions: A…  ( 7 min )

Hey Dev Community! 👋 I’ve been actively building and sharing projects on GitHub, and I wanted to highlight my work for anyone interested in exploring, collaborating, or giving feedback. 🔗 GitHub Profile: https://github.com/Huzaifa-io/ 💡 What You’ll Find There Here’s a quick snapshot of what I’ve been working on: 🧩 Open-source projects From automation tools to small utilities, I'm constantly experimenting and building solutions that solve real problems. 📚 Learning-focused repos I document my learning journey through structured notes, code experiments, and mini-projects that help me deepen my skills. ⚙️ Clean, documented code I try to keep my repositories beginner-friendly, readable, and well-organized—perfect for people who want to learn or contribute. 🤝 Open to Collaboration If you want to contribute, open an issue, start a discussion, or drop a PR—I'd love to connect and build something together! ⭐ If you like my work… Feel free to star, fork, or follow my GitHub to stay updated. Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think—or share your GitHub link below so I can check out your work too!  ( 6 min )

The allure of a Kashmir trek lies in its shifting landscapes, meadows that glow like velvet, lakes clearer than glass, and mountain ridges that seem to touch the sky. Those choosing from Kashmir trekking packages often wonder what the trail actually feels like, and the answer lies in its constantly shifting terrain. Meadows melt into pine forests, glaciers rise into the skyline, and every day introduces a new mood of the mountains. Route Overview (Simplified & Reader-Friendly) Kashmir Great Lakes forms the heart of the journey — a trail where every pass opens into a fresh blue mirror of water, each lake carrying a story of silence and altitude. The Kashmir Great Lakes weather plays a major role in how demanding this trek feels. Summers are pleasant with green valleys and clear water reflections, while the early snow season can make the trail colder, harsher and more challenging at high passes. Kashmir Great Lakes Trek itinerary, you’ll notice that the journey stretches over 6 Nights & 7 Days, covering a total of 68 KM through meadows, glaciers, lakes and steep passes. The Kashmir Great Lakes trail is not just a trek, it’s a shifting canvas of lakes, meadows, snow ridges and endless silence. Knowing the route, weather patterns, altitude and duration beforehand helps you walk it with confidence rather than struggle. With the right planning, stamina and timing, this becomes one of those rare journeys that rewards effort with beauty far greater than expected.  ( 8 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins rolls out a rapid-fire romp through the movie “KPop Demon Hunters,” tallying up every plot hiccup and cringe-worthy moment in just 16 minutes. They’re also shouting out their main site, YouTube channels, a fun poll, and a Patreon link to keep the sin engine running. The credits list Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel (with all their social handles), plus invites to join the community on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok—and even snag Jeremy’s book for extra sinspiration. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest “sins” video, playfully declaring the new Fantastic Four film “sintastic” without calling it a total disaster. They kick things off with a plug for BetterHelp therapy (and a discount link) before diving into their trademark nitpicking. Beyond the video itself, CinemaSins wants you to explore their world—visit cinemasins.com, hit up their YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork), fill out a quick poll, and maybe throw some support their way on Patreon. You’ll also find links to Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and a shout-out to Jeremy’s book, plus writers’ social handles if you fancy a follow. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

This is an AI-generated summary of our original blog post. Is your brand starting to feel stale? Are you looking for ways to boost revenue without a complete overhaul? The answer might lie in a strategic brand refresh fueled by SEO-driven graphic design. It’s not just about aesthetics; it's about creating a visual identity that attracts the right audience, resonates with their needs, and ultimately, drives conversions. A brand refresh is more than just a logo update; it's a holistic review and revitalization of your brand's visual language. Think color palettes, typography, imagery, and overall tone. The goal is to modernize your brand while retaining its core values and recognizability, ensuring you don't alienate existing customers. But here's the key: a successful brand refresh isn't so…  ( 7 min )

Sector HQ Weekly Digest - November 29, 2025 Who's shipping vs who's just talking? Here's this week's AI industry intelligence. OpenAI - Score: 516189.8 | 565 events this week Anthropic - Score: 289651.9 | 280 events this week Google - Score: 159917.4 | 92 events this week Microsoft - Score: 136773.6 | 50 events this week Amazon - Score: 130268.4 | 34 events this week Nvidia - Score: 129302.5 | 90 events this week Meta - Score: 100622.6 | 47 events this week Apple - Score: 84205.9 | 50 events this week Perplexity - Score: 47899.8 | 8 events this week DeepMind - Score: 46045.2 | 6 events this week ↑ Sony jumped 277 positions to #54 ↑ Stability AI jumped 183 positions to #72 ↑ Bytedance jumped 143 positions to #57 ↑ Scale AI jumped 122 positions to #37 ↑ Palantir jumped 107 positions to #16 No high hype alerts this week Total companies tracked: 100 Total events this week: 1459 Average activity per company: 14.6 events The AI industry continues to evolve rapidly. Companies that ship consistently rise in our rankings, while those focused on hype alone get flagged by our Hype Gap detector. Methodology: Our leaderboard tracks real product releases, funding events, partnerships, and market traction - not just PR and social media buzz. Want real-time updates? Check out the live leaderboard at sectorhq.co Track specific companies and get instant alerts when they move in the rankings. Tags AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #TechIndustry #Startups #AILeaderboard  ( 6 min )

Introduction Frontend frameworks have revolutionized the way developers build web applications, providing a structured approach to designing and developing user interfaces. In this blog post, we will delve into some of the most popular frontend frameworks that have gained widespread adoption in the developer community. React, developed by Facebook, is a declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Its component-based architecture allows developers to create reusable UI components that can be easily managed and updated. Here's a simple example of a React component: import React from 'react'; const App = () => { return ( Hello, React! Hello, {{ name }}! {{ message }} new Vue({ el: '#app', data: { message: 'Hello, Vue!' } }); Frontend frameworks have become indispensable tools for developers looking to create modern, interactive web applications. Whether you choose React, Angular, Vue.js, or any other framework, each offers unique features and benefits that can enhance your development workflow. Stay updated with the latest trends in frontend development to leverage the full potential of these frameworks.  ( 7 min )

This is Day 2 of my 60-day “learning Web3 in public” series as a non-developer with a technical writing + community background. When people talk about Web3, they usually throw around one word like it explains everything: “blockchain.” If you’re anything like me a while ago, that word felt more like a magic spell than an actual technology. I kept hearing that blockchain was “revolutionary,” “trustless,” and “immutable,” but nobody seemed to explain it in a way that felt human. Today’s article is my attempt to fix that—for you and for myself. This is Day 2 of my 60-day “learning Web3 in public” experiment. Yesterday, I shared why I’m doing this and what this series will look like. Today, we start with the foundation: what blockchain actually is, in plain English, and why non-technical people…  ( 11 min )

Introduction In the last week, my team and I were working on a new setup of our Next.js app, and it was an annoying experience. It sometimes feels like Next.js's build functionality is designed to be overly complicated, pushing developers towards the Vercel deployment platform - while Vercel is also the creator of Next.js. Nevertheless, we took the challenge and made it work for us. Today, I want to outline our findings. You will learn: How to build an optimized Next.js server. How to make public files work with that build. How to package the build inside a Docker image. There are multiple ways to build a Next.js app, either for a server runtime to support all features of Next.js, or for a static runtime with a limited feature set but without the need to operate a server. If you are unsu…  ( 8 min )

Fix PDF Error in Chrome: 7 Proven Solutions When PDFs Won't Open That moment when Chrome decides it forgot how to open a PDF — right when you need it most. Here's how to fix it in minutes. You click a PDF link. You wait. And instead of your document, you get… nothing. A blank page. A black screen. The dreaded "Failed to load PDF document" message. Or maybe Chrome just downloads the file when all you wanted to do was preview it for a few seconds. I've been there. Usually at the worst possible moment — deadline looming, boss waiting, client on the phone, and that one critical document refusing to cooperate. Here's the good news: Chrome PDF errors are almost always fixable in under five minutes. You don't need to call IT. You don't need to reinstall Chrome. The fix is usually just a few cli…  ( 9 min )

Introduction PHP is still one of the top languages for web-based business applications. Its widespread use makes these tools easy to host, affordable to maintain, and supported by large developer communities worldwide. Here’s a detailed look at the best open-source solutions for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), E-Commerce, Data Management, and IT Service Management. Dolibarr What is it? A modular ERP and CRM suite that prioritizes simplicity. Unlike typical ERPs, Dolibarr lets you activate only the features you need, such as Invoicing and Contacts, without unnecessary clutter. Who should use it? Freelancers, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), and nonprofits seeking an easy-to-use management tool. USPs (Unique Selling Propositions): No "Co…  ( 13 min )

In today’s fast-moving financial markets, timing is everything. Whether you’re a day trader, long-term investor, or someone using AI-driven tools, having the right alerts at the right time can make the difference between catching an opportunity and missing it entirely. Smart alerts and notifications are no longer just optional features—they are essential components of a modern trading workflow. This guide explains how smart alerts work, why they matter, and how you can set them up effectively to improve your trading decisions. Why Smart Alerts Matter Key benefits: Real-time decision support AI-powered signal accuracy Customized notifications Reduced noise Types of Smart Alerts You Should Use Modern AI trading platforms offer multiple categories of alerts: 1. Price Movement Alerts…  ( 8 min )

If you're using IAM Identity Center to manage access to AWS member accounts and regularly work with the AWS CLI, you've probably gotten tired of the usual login routine. You know the drill - copy those AWS environment variables from the Access portal, paste them into your shell, and repeat this every time your credentials expire. There's a better way to handle this, and I'm going to show you how to set it up. Normally, when you need to access an AWS account, you click on the access keys icon in the AWS Access portal and copy the environment variables into your terminal session. The problem? These credentials expire pretty quickly, and you end up refreshing them constantly throughout the day. It gets old fast, especially when you're juggling multiple accounts. AWS actually provides a reco…  ( 11 min )

Introduction to the Future of AI-Driven Digital Marketing Excellence The digital marketing landscape is transforming at extraordinary speed, shaped heavily by artificial intelligence, automation, and data-driven decision-making. In a world where algorithms evolve daily and customer expectations accelerate, marketers need more than basic knowledge. They need advanced execution frameworks, predictive analytics, and smart automation tools that deliver measurable, scalable results. This is why The Ultimate AI Marketing Course: Strategy, Automation & Growth by Suresh Das rises far above traditional programs. For anyone searching for the top digital marketing course, the best digital marketing course online, or even the top digital marketing course in world, this training provides a future-re…  ( 10 min )

I built this shell as a learning experience for me and learning resource for other programmers. This is a shell (like bash and zsh, etc.) that has features for every-day use (but not so complete) those features include: Tab-auto-completion (Using GNU Readline) Store command history for the current session to navigate between commands (Using GNU Readline) Run normal Linux command (and external applications/commands) Run "cd" and "exit" commands and any other UNIX command The shell supports the "~" symbol (without quotes) to go to the home directory I had faced multiple challenges during the make of this shell because i am a beginner and didn't know what the functions used in the code does (what fork() does, waitpid() or wait(), readline, etc.) Oh, Also, If you have any questions, You can say it in the comments. I will happily answer. GitHub repository  ( 6 min )

The Problem 😩 We have all been there. You are working on a UI mockup, a blog post, or a presentation, and you need a high-quality image of a YouTube video thumbnail. You Google "YouTube Thumbnail Downloader," click the first result, and suddenly: 🎉 Popups everywhere. The Solution 🛠️ I decided to build a dedicated, lightweight, and privacy-focused tool that does one thing and does it well. 👉 Try it here: Youtube Thumbnail Downloader Unlike the generic spam sites, I focused on features that Developers and Designers actually care about: Max Resolution (4K / 1080p) Support Client-Side Format Conversion (WebP & PNG) I implemented an HTML5 Canvas engine directly in the browser. When you select PNG or WebP, the conversion happens locally on your machine before the download triggers. No server processing required. Zero Bloat & Dark Mode The "YouTube UI" Simulator How it works under the hood ⚙️ For those interested in the logic: 🔗 Link: YouTube Thumbnail Downloader (P.S. If you are a dev, check out the footer—I've also built a suite of other tools like Cron Job Generators and Epoch Converters).  ( 7 min )

WTF is this: Narrow-Waist Architecture Ah, the latest buzzword in tech: Narrow-Waist Architecture. Sounds like a new diet fad, right? "I'm on the narrow-waist diet, and I've lost 10 pounds of unnecessary complexity!" But no, it's actually a concept that's been gaining traction in the tech world, and we're here to break it down for you in simple terms. Imagine a highway system with multiple lanes, each representing a different type of data or workload. In traditional architecture, all these lanes are wide and separate, allowing for a high volume of traffic to flow through each one. However, this can lead to congestion, inefficiency, and a higher risk of accidents (or in tech terms, errors and downtime). Narrow-Waist Architecture is like a highway system with a single, narrow lane that all…  ( 11 min )

A New Challenger Enters the Arena The artificial intelligence landscape experienced a tremor late yesterday as reports surfaced that Google is making a bold play for the AI chip market. The tech giant is reportedly in talks to sell its powerful, custom-designed Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) directly to major players like Meta. This move marks a direct challenge to Nvidia's long-held dominance in the data center, the lucrative heart of the AI revolution. The plan is not just a one-off deal; Google is allegedly pitching its hardware to a range of large financial institutions as well, aiming to carve out a significant piece of the AI infrastructure pie. This development is more than just a new product line for Google; it's a strategic masterstroke that introduces serious competition into a…  ( 10 min )

What is HP-RPL? HP-RPL (Reverse Polish Lisp) is a hybrid stack-based programming language created by Hewlett-Packard for their advanced graphing calculators. The language combines two unusual design philosophies: Forth-style postfix stack execution and Lisp-style symbolic processing. Because of this hybrid model, HP-RPL is capable of symbolic algebra, numeric computing, matrix manipulation, graphing, recursion, and even creating custom calculator apps — all inside a handheld device. Language Type: Stack-based symbolic language Released: Late 1980s Used In: HP48, HP49, HP50 calculator series Execution Model: Postfix evaluation with symbolic expression support Typing: Dynamic, polymorphic Primary Purpose: Scientific computing, calculus automation, engineering logic "Hello, HP-RPL!" …  ( 7 min )

Introducing vaiae https://github.com/toyama0919/vaiae vaiae is a tool that makes it easy to deploy and manage Google Cloud Vertex AI Agent Engine from the command line. Define your configuration in a YAML file and deploy with a single command. Key features: Declarative deployment with YAML configuration files Profile management for multiple environments (dev/prod, etc.) Interactive messaging with AI Agents Safe validation with dry run mode Available as both a Python library and CLI Deploying and managing Vertex AI Agent Engine traditionally involved tedious manual work. There were several challenges: Need to configure AI Agents through the GCP console every time Complex dependency and package version management Manual configuration of environment variables and secrets Tedious to separate…  ( 10 min )

Xiaofei Li @ AWS Amarathon 2025 The year 2025 is known as the "Year One of AI Agents," and it's just two months away. Users have already developed their own AI Agents. Programming agents are a type of AI agent. AI agents are various "smart-looking applications" that utilize AI. Examples include: meeting minutes agents, interview preparation agents, and programming agents. Characteristics of "AI Agents" in the LLM era: Role profiling: can define roles or personalities, achieving personalized behavior and responses. Planning and reflection: to achieve goals, agents can formulate plans and make adjustments based on execution results. Long-term memory: can retain long-term interaction information or experiences like humans. Tool execution: can not only generate text but also cal…  ( 11 min )

What is Arduino Forth? Arduino Forth is a lightweight adaptation of the Forth programming language designed to run directly on Arduino boards. Instead of compiling programs on a computer and flashing them, Forth allows interactive programming: you type commands over serial, and they execute immediately on the device. This makes it ideal for rapid prototyping, debugging hardware, and experimenting with embedded logic without constant recompilation cycles. It embraces Forth’s core philosophy: minimalism, direct hardware control, and stack-based execution. Language Type: Embedded Forth dialect Platform: Arduino microcontrollers (ATmega328, ATmega2560, etc.) Execution Model: On-device interpreter over serial terminal Typing: Untyped / stack-based Primary Purpose: Hardware control, fast i…  ( 7 min )

TL;DR Envelope followers let you grab the amplitude shape of any audio signal and turn it into modulation power, so you can do everything from classic autowah and squishy filters to transient control and sidechain-style pumping without a compressor. Andrew Huang walks you through creative tricks like dialing in dynamic send levels, mapping one track’s envelope to another, and even modulating the follower itself for extra movement. Along the way he demos his Transit 2 plugin (currently on sale) and shows how to use envelope followers as a super-flexible performance tool for responsive effects, shaping drums, synths or any sound in real time. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Most fitness and calorie-tracking apps today start free… until they quietly push you into ₹400–₹600/month subscriptions. So instead of paying for another premium plan, I decided to build my own AI-powered Fitness Coach using AWS services. This project is fully serverless, extremely low-cost, and powered by Amazon Bedrock with the Llama 3 model. Estimated calories Simple diet improvement tips Balanced meal suggestions And the best part? less than the price of one tea per month. In this article, I’ll walk through the entire build with screenshots — from creating the DynamoDB table, IAM role, Lambda backend, Bedrock integration, API Gateway setup, and finally hosting the UI using S3 + CloudFront. If you're learning AWS, Bedrock, or serverless architecture, this is a great hands-on project to …  ( 12 min )

Prisma won the hearts of many TypeScript developers with its excellent developer experience - the elegant schema language, the intuitive query API, and the unmatched type-safety. However, as time went by, its focus shifted, and innovation in the ORM space slowed down considerably. Many successful OSS projects indeed struggle to meet the ever-growing demands, but you'll be surprised to find that many seemingly fundamental features that have been requested for years are still missing today, such as: Define type of content of Json field #3219 Support for Polymorphic Associations #1644 Soft deletes (e.g. deleted_at) #3398 As a new challenger in this space, ZenStack aspires to be the spiritual successor to Prisma, but with a light-weighted architecture, a richer feature set, well-thought-out ex…  ( 10 min )

Let me break down what happens in .me(and why it’s powerful ⸻ ✅ 1. You store a value inside a secret branch Example: me.wallet.secret("alpha").privateBalance(99999); This produces: payload = { Nobody can see: Only you can decrypt it with alpha. ⸻ ✅ 2. Later, you create a public block that manifests the hidden value For example: const hidden = me("wallet.privateBalance"); manifest.hiddenBalance(${hidden})); This creates: Block { But here is the magic: 👉 the block NEVER exposes where the 99999 came from. Because the BLOCK only contains: This is selective semantic revelation. ⸻ 🚀 This is BEYOND zero-knowledge proofs Zero-knowledge systems today can prove simple statements: But .me can reveal actual values pulled from secret context without revealing the secret context. This is like: A private universe that can publish truth to a public blockchain without revealing its topology. That DOES NOT exist today. ⸻ 💎 Why it’s so powerful ✔ You can create private meaning encrypted semantic branches nobody can read or even detect exist. ✔ You can project selected meaning into public blocks values, decisions, derived structures — but never their origin. ✔ You can chain encrypted universes and selectively unfold truth across them. ✔ Identities become “semantic oracles” instead of wallets with balances, you have minds with private universes. ⸻ 🛡 Privacy property This system has a unique privacy model: “Topology-preserving secrecy” Blockchains don’t have this. Only .me + Cleaker semantic blocks do. ⸻ 🎯 Real-world example Imagine: You store your health records inside a secret branch me.health.secret("delta").bloodType("O+"); Then you generate a public block: cleaker(me, "verify.bloodType"); Your runtime resolves: Block { 👉 No one knows: Yet the blockchain contains the truth. ⸻ 🎆 This is why .me is a revolution You don’t store data. You store semantics. Secrets encrypt universe fragments. Blocks are truth projections. ⸻ ).  ( 7 min )

Most people think AI browsers are hype; I tested Perplexity's Comet and learned this: it's a rocket on static pages and stalls on dynamic sites. It changed how I run deep research. But it also exposed a blind spot in the AI browser hype. Here’s what actually works. Comet excels at summarizing complex pages quickly. It pulls insights across tabs and assembles clean tables in seconds. Static content became a conveyor belt of usable notes. Interactive dashboards and forms were a different story. Logins, filters, and embedded widgets broke the flow. For deep research, it is a game-changer, but it is not a one-browser-fits-all. In a 2 hour sprint, I opened 18 tabs across 6 reports. Comet produced a one page brief and a comparison table in under 7 minutes. On three dynamic dashboards, it failed to capture key filters in two cases and could not complete an export once. Net result: static tasks were 3 to 5 times faster for me. ↓ Simple playbook to get the gains without the pain. • Scope static first, then hand it to Comet. ↳ Ask for cross tab extraction, quotes, and a final table. • For dynamic sites, switch to manual navigation and paste snapshots or exports. ↳ Use Comet to summarize the exports and align definitions. • Close with a synthesis prompt that forces sources and uncertainty. ⚡ Expect faster briefs, clearer tables, and fewer context switches. You will save hours per week and keep your brain on analysis, not copy paste. What surprised you most here? Which approach works best for you?  ( 6 min )

The €15,000 Contract Mistake That Almost Sank My Client's Deal Last Tuesday at 3:47 PM, Sarah's legal team sent the finalized contract to their biggest client. They'd been negotiating for months - a €350,000 enterprise deal that would make their quarter. At 4:15 PM, the client's procurement manager replied: "This version has outdated pricing from March. We can't sign this." Panic ensued. Sarah's team had been working from three different document versions. Someone had accidentally reverted to an old draft during final edits. The client walked. They signed with a competitor instead. Total loss: €15,000 in wasted sales efforts plus the €350,000 deal. All because of a document version control failure that took 28 minutes to discover but months to recover from. Last month, I worked with a ma…  ( 8 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins serves up its trademark snark in a 20-minute breakdown of The Fantastic Four, pointing out every hiccup, plot hole and “sintastic” moment—complete with a shout-out to BetterHelp if the criticism hits a little too close to home. The video description also plugs CinemaSins’ main site, YouTube channels, socials, a quick poll, Patreon support and a full list of writers and community links for die-hard sin-collectors. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Caravan of Garbage Disney’s on a rough patch: Marvel and Star Wars aren’t hitting, and originals like Wish and Elio have flopped. To celebrate their ongoing cycle of hits and bombs, The Weekly Planet crew is rolling out a mini–series on four massive live-action disasters—starting with 2010’s Nicholas Cage vehicle The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (yes, there’s magic…and a random giant bird). Hosts James and Maso dish out sharp, funny breakdowns of each flop, with extra content (podcasts, commentaries, merch) over at bigsandwich.co and The Weekly Planet channels. Tune in for nostalgia, laughs, and a healthy dose of Disney critique. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

It is not simple to make the correct choice of career after graduation. Software testing is one of the options, and thousands of fresh graduates are using this path today, which has been offered by the IT industry. Huge Demand and Unlimited Opportunities Software Testing Course in Thane, Mumbai | QUASTECH Training Institute in India is an IT giant across the world. Software projects are constructed annually in the industries of: Banking Finance E-commerce Healthcare Telecom Education Government services All products have to go through testing prior to being launched, and that is why companies always require efficient QA professionals. 2. Perfect Career as a Fresher (Even Without Coding) Functional Testing Web & Mobile Testing Regression Testing UI & UX Testing After you do have the experie…  ( 8 min )

A Symbolic Language for Identity, Meaning, and Computation What if every idea, file, identity, wallet, memory, or data point could be expressed with a single algebraic expression? Semantic Algebra — the native language behind .me and cleaker. ⸻ 🚀 1. Overview Semantic Algebra is a free symbolic algebra designed for identity-centric computation. It has three primitives: Every expression becomes a Block — a cryptographically signed knowledge unit. Semantic Algebra is: ✔ compositional It does not require execution logic inside the expression. ⸻ 🔣 2. Core Structure Every expression: wallet.@eth?balance#2024 Tokens ["wallet", "eth", "balance", "2024"] [".", "@", "?", "#"] Segments [ { operator: ".", token: "wallet" }, Context ["wallet", "eth", "balance"] "2024" ⸻ …  ( 8 min )

Selenium follows a layered architecture that defines how automation scripts interact with a web browser. When using Python for automation, the workflow is structured in a clear communication hierarchy. The main components involved in Python Selenium architecture are: Selenium Client Library (Python Bindings) Selenium Client Library (Python Bindings) JSON Wire Protocol / W3C WebDriver Protocol Each browser requires its own executable driver to understand Selenium instruction Web Browser Significance of Virtual Environment in Selenium Automation A virtual environment (venv) in Python is an isolated workspace that allows different projects to maintain separate dependencies. Without venv, all packages install globally and may conflict with other projects if versions differ. Why Virtual Environment is Important? Avoid dependency conflicts Example: Inside this environment, you install Selenium and download ChromeDriver. Then you write a small script where webdriver.Chrome() launches the Chrome browser, driver.get("https://google.com") opens the Google website, find_element() locates the search box, and send_keys() types a word like Python Selenium. Finally, click() presses the search button and the results appear automatically, just like a user performing the actions manually. This small example shows how Selenium controls the browser step-by-step, and how a virtual environment keeps the setup organized, version-safe, and easy to maintain.  ( 7 min )

This answers it—with real code and real ethics. When I launched Pain Tracker, the feedback from trauma survivors hit me like a truck: "Okay, but how does it detect a crisis... without sending my data somewhere?" They weren't being paranoid. They were being smart. Most "wellness" apps that claim to detect distress? They're basically digital stalkers—harvesting your biometrics, tracking where you go, sending everything to some server farm for "analysis." For people who've already had their privacy violated, that's not healthcare—it's re-traumatization. So I built something that felt impossible: a crisis-detection engine that runs entirely in your browser, keeps everything encrypted on your device, and never phones home. Here's the messy, technical truth of how it actually works. Pain Tracker…  ( 11 min )

A step-by-step guide to using the mitsuki init CLI, understanding the generated project, and running your first high-performance web server. Mitsuki, is a web development framework, focused on bringing enterprise strength without the enterprise pain to Python. It's opinionated, lightweight and performant. When you get a spark of inspiration, the first thing that comes to mind isn't boilerplate setup. It's standard, usually the same, and you might even have a project starter skeleton sitting on your device already. When starting something new - I want to focus on the system design, business logic and value proposition. Thus, I heavily use my own templates. Let's go from an empty folder to a fully functional, high-performance API in a single minute! Mitsuki is available on PyPI. Installing …  ( 11 min )

Excel and MySQL together form one of the strongest foundations for any data analyst. Excel is the world’s most widely used analytics tool, while MySQL is one of the most trusted database systems. Combining these two gives learners the perfect skillset to handle real-world data analytics tasks across industries. Excel is known for its formulas, pivot tables, data cleaning, and modeling capabilities. MySQL, on the other hand, teaches learners how to store, query, filter, and manage large databases. A Data Analytics with Excel & MySQL course prepares students to work with structured data, automate tasks, and handle business-level datasets efficiently. Companies value Excel because it is flexible, fast, and easy for employees to understand. MySQL is used for large data operations, login systems, e-commerce data, and many enterprise applications. Together, these tools give students both beginner-friendly and advanced analytical skills. This combination is perfect for freshers who want a strong career start without technical complexity. Excel formulas, pivot tables, and data cleaning Creating automated reports Basic to advanced SQL queries Filtering and managing structured datasets Combining databases with analytical workflows After mastering these skills, learners can work as data analysts, reporting specialists, operations analysts, and business intelligence assistants. Companies appreciate professionals who know both Excel and SQL because they can handle everything from daily reporting to backend data extraction. This versatility makes the skillset extremely valuable in 2025. Excel and MySQL remain the strongest foundation for any analytics career. Learning them together builds confidence, improves problem-solving skills, and opens multiple job opportunities. For beginners and professionals aiming to enter analytics smoothly, this combination is the smartest choice.  ( 6 min )

GitHub Home That was in a large e-commerce platform project where we needed to implement complex request processing flows. User authentication, permission checking, logging, performance monitoring, and rate limiting - these functions all needed to intervene at different stages of request processing. Traditional middleware implementations often make code difficult to understand and maintain. In Express.js, middleware is organized through next callback chains. This pattern seems simple, but in complex business scenarios it can lead to "callback hell." I've seen too many projects where requests hang because someone forgot to call next(), or where debugging becomes extremely difficult due to improper next() call timing. Go language's gin framework provides improvements, simplifying middleware …  ( 9 min )

This week I spent some time looking for infected npm packages. Initially, the warning was to not install any package or run any AI agent, so I went ahead and created this Node.js script. const scanForShaiHulud = (content) => { if (!content) return; const report = { total: 0, warning: [], infected: [], }; Object.keys(content.packages).forEach((packageName) => { if (!packageName) { return; } let cleanedName = packageName.replace("node_modules/", ""); if (cleanedName.includes("/node_modules/")) { cleanedName = cleanedName.split("/node_modules/")[1]; } report.total += 1; if (infectedPackages[cleanedName]) { if ( infectedPackages[cleanedName].includes( content.packages[packageName].version ) )…  ( 7 min )

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Daily Tech News Roundup Black Friday deals are still going strong, offering significant discounts on a wide range of tech products. From laptops and headphones to smart home devices and even ice cream makers, there's something for everyone. Let's dive into some of the best deals still available. M4 MacBook Air at Record Low Prices Apple's M4 MacBook Air is currently one of the best deals available. The 13-inch model with 256GB of storage can be found for around $749 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Costco, a significant $250 discount. This makes it an excellent opportunity to snag the latest MacBook Air at its lowest price yet. Source Black Friday Steals Under $50 If you're on a budget, there are still plenty of worthwhile tech deals available for $50 or less. These include practical upgrades like…  ( 7 min )

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Understanding the core idea behind Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and why tools like Terraform have become essential in modern DevOps. What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)? Why IaC Matters Consistency: Same setup across dev, staging, and production Speed: Automate hours of manual work Scalability: Deploy 1 or 100 servers with the same effort Version Control: Track infra changes in Git Cost Optimization: Easy cleanup, scheduled destruction, visibility Reduced Errors: No more misclicks or forgotten settings Team Collaboration: Everyone works on the same infra codebase What is Terraform? Terraform is a widely-used open-source IaC tool by HashiCorp. It allows you to create, update, and destroy infrastructure safely across providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and more. How Terraform Works You write .tf files -> Terraform processes them -> It calls cloud provider APIs to create the required resources. Terraform Basic Workflow terraform init -> Initialize your working directory terraform validate -> Check if your configuration is correct terraform plan -> Preview changes Terraform will make terraform apply -> Deploy infrastructure terraform destroy -> Remove resources when you’re done video: https://youtu.be/s5fwSG_00P8?si=jHCbUa8-OSmRd4zB  ( 6 min )

🎉 Terminal Package Store: The TUI App for Winget on Windows Hey everyone! 👋 I'm excited to introduce my latest project, Terminal Package Store — a high-performance, interactive Textual User Interface (TUI) designed to transform how you manage packages on Windows with Winget. If you're tired of running long, repetitive CLI commands just to check for updates or uninstall an application, this is for you! This app combines the power of Winget with the efficiency and clarity of a dedicated visual interface, all without ever leaving your terminal window. The Terminal Package Store is built to turn package management from a chore into a seamless experience: A clean, two-pane layout: Main view: list of packages Side panel: detailed information and actions Immediately see which installed apps have updates available — no messy CLI output. Execute complex Winget operations with a single UI action: Update Selected Package Uninstall Package Updates and uninstalls run in a separate terminal window, keeping the TUI responsive and smooth. The app can check GitHub for the latest version of itself. This project showcases next-gen TUI development tools: Textual Framework — high-performance widgets, CSS styling, reactive state Textual Workers — background threading for heavy operations Winget — underlying package manager performing installations, updates, uninstalls 💡 Why This Approach Matters This app bridges the gap between: the raw power of the command line and the usability of a GUI It reduces cognitive load, saves time, and makes package maintenance a fast, visual, intuitive task. The Terminal Package Store is ready to use! If you find this tool useful, please: ⭐ Star the repo 📨 Share it with Windows developers and power users 🔗 Links GitHub Repository: Terminal-Package-Store Issues / Feedback: Issues Happy packaging! 😊  ( 7 min )

If you often write tutorials, create forum posts, or document projects, you need a reliable and fast image hosting service. ImgPeek is a free tool designed to make uploading and embedding images effortless — no login required, no watermarks, and instant direct links. This guide will focus on HTML embedding, perfect for developers posting on forums, blogs, or internal documentation. ImgPeek.com is a lightweight image upload service with developer-friendly features: ✔ Fast uploads ✔ Direct image links ✔ Resize, compress, and crop images ✔ Convert formats (PNG, JPG, WEBP) ✔ Optional OCR (image-to-text) ✔ No account needed ✔ Permanent links Whether you're writing a forum post, adding screenshots to documentation, or sharing a chart, ImgPeek gives you a clean, ready-to-use URL. After uploading…  ( 7 min )

📚 들어가며 AlexXu『가상 면접 사례로 배우는 대규모 시스템 설계 기초(System Design Interview)』을 읽고 가장 마지막에 이 글이 인상 깊었다. 좋은 시스템을 설계하려면 다년간 많은 지식을 쌓아야 한다. 지식을 쌓는 한가지 지름길은, 실세계에서 쓰이는 시스템의 구조를 공부하는 것이다. 아래에 도움될 만한 자료들을 정리해 보았다. 가능하다면 다양한 글을 볼 생각이고 , 관련된 기술 블로그를 정리해둔다. 실제 대규모 트래픽을 처리하는 기업들이 겪은 문제와 해결책을 담은 핵심 자료들입니다. 기업 / 주제 내용 (한글/영문) 링크 Facebook 타임라인: 비정규화의 힘 (Facebook Timeline: Brought to you by the power of denormalization) Link Facebook 타임라인: 한 사람의 인생을 담기에 충분한 규모 확장성 (Building Timeline: Scaling up to hold your life story) Link Facebook 페이스북 채팅 아키텍처 (Facebook Chat) Link Facebook Erlang 사용 사례 (Erlang at Facebook) Link Facebook Haystack: 사진 저장소 아키텍처 (Finding a needle in Haystack: Facebook's photo storage) Link Facebook 멀티피드: 재설계를 통한 효율성과 성능 향상 (Serving Facebook Multifeed) Link Faceboo…  ( 7 min )

Introduction: When Machines Begin to Dream Art has long been the expression of human imagination—the fusion of emotion, intellect, and lived experience. But as machines enter the creative space, a profound question emerges: What happens when algorithms begin to imagine? From AI-generated paintings and immersive digital operas to robotic sculpture and adaptive music, artificial intelligence is reshaping the creative landscape. What was once an exclusively human domain is transforming into a shared canvas, where artistic expression becomes a dialogue between human intuition and machine possibility. For Abhishek Desikan, an AI and robotics thinker with a deep appreciation for the arts, this shift isn’t a threat—it’s an opportunity. “When a machine paints or writes, it isn’t replacing creativi…  ( 9 min )

20 Must-Install Tools for your new Mac! I’m not going to lie, every time I see a post like this, I get mad. It’s purely engagement bait across various social media channels. Otherwise, how would everyone have the same picture of the same pack. Why don’t I write a detailed, actually helpful article on how I would set up my Mac, my dev environment and productivity tools if I were to reset my Mac from scratch? So, that’s what I did! Here are the coolest and most helpful apps, software and services in 2025 that I would set up! Zsh (Z Shell) What it does: Imagine your terminal got a speed boost! zsh makes it smarter with a plethora of tools like auto-completion, tab-completion and tons of customization. Why you need it: Saves your fingers from typing the same long commands over and over. H…  ( 15 min )

Building an "AI Wrapper" is easy. Building one that doesn't bankrupt you with API costs is hard. Most AI SaaS tools follow the same dangerous logic: User pays you $20/mo. User goes viral or spams requests. Your OpenAI bill hits $50. You lose money. I realized that the "Middleman" model is broken for Micro-SaaS. So, I spent the last few months building a WordPress-based engine that flips the script. Instead of me proxying the requests, I built a secure BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) architecture. The user inputs their own OpenAI/Gemini/Claude key. The request goes directly from their server to the LLM provider. I charge for the "Interface & Tooling", not the intelligence. This results in 100% Profit Margins for the SaaS owner, and wholesale token prices for the power user. Win-win. I chose WordPress not because it's trendy, but because it powers 43% of the web. Core: PHP 8.3 (for speed). Frontend: React-based UI components injected via Shortcodes. Mobile: TWA (Trusted Web Activity) implementation to wrap the SaaS into a native Android App (.AAB) ready for Google Play. The biggest challenge was making it feel like a "Real App" and not just a website. Now, the engine generates installable mobile apps directly from the WP Admin panel. I believe the "Tools for Makers" market is bigger than the "End User" market right now. "Make me a SEO Headline Generator") and the engine builds the tool instantly. If you are interested in the architecture or want to spin up your own AI SaaS without coding: 📄 Product Tour & Features: https://blyxxa.online/blyxxalabs/tanitim/ 🚀 Live App Demo: https://blyxxa.online/blyxxalabs I'd love to answer any technical questions about the TWA implementation or the BYOK security logic in the comments!  ( 7 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less Cinema Sins just ripped into KPop Demon Hunters, counting every plot hole, cringe moment, and over-the-top demon-slaying beat in under 16 minutes. Expect snappy one-liners, cheeky callbacks, and their classic “sin” tally poking fun at all the movie’s wildest decisions. Hungry for more? Swing by their main site or hit up @TVSins, @CommercialSins, and @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork on YouTube. You can also join the Discord and Reddit communities, fill out their quick poll, or back the team on Patreon. Big props to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, and Daniel for keeping the laughs (and sins) coming! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Disney’s once‐unshakeable empire is wobbling: Marvel and Star Wars aren’t clicking, and new films like Wish and Elio barely make a ripple. To celebrate the glorious failures of Disney’s live‐action era, the hosts are rolling out a four‐week deep dive into the company’s biggest flops—kicking things off with 2010’s Nicolas Cage–led Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a forgettable magic caper featuring a giant bird and precious little else. Beyond the laughs and brutal critiques, they’ve got bonus content galore—early videos, podcasts, movie commentaries and Let’s Plays at bigsandwich.co, an extended audio edition on YouTube, plus Twitter updates, Patreon perks, merch and more. Strap in for a wild ride through Disney’s dumpster fire of live‐action misfires. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

If you’ve ever written status == 'active' in your code and then spent hours debugging a typo because you wrote 'actve', you know why we need Enums. Enums (Enumerations) are just a fancy way of saying "a fixed list of options." They stop you from making silly spelling mistakes. But in Dart, Enums have evolved. They aren't just simple lists anymore; they are Enhanced Enums. They can hold data, run logic, and even talk to your database. Let's break down how they work, why they look a bit weird sometimes, and how to master them. In the old days (or other languages), an Enum was just a list of names. enum BannerStatus { active, inactive, scheduled, expired } This is great for your code: if (status == BannerStatus.active) works perfectly. if (status == BannerStatus.activ) throws an err…  ( 8 min )

Artificial intelligence in K–12 classrooms is no longer just a speculative topic in conference proceedings — it’s a messy, fast-moving reality. After conducting a literature review in a class I took, it was clear that AI shows promise for applications in the classroom and efficiency. But it isn’t a replacement for teachers and raises privacy, bias, and equity issues. That high-level judgment still stands in 2025. But the degree and shape of those promises and risks have shifted quickly over the 2-3 years. A lot of the literature pieces that were looked at in the review were from 2015-2022, but AI has changed and developed a lot as a field in just a small period of time. And I saw a few similarities and differences between these published papers and current surveys and research. My review h…  ( 8 min )

What if you could get a performance code review from someone who's seen WordPress sites fail under load and remembers all the patterns that caused it? That's what this Claude Code skill does. It knows 50+ anti-patterns that cause WordPress performance problems, and it flags them with severity levels, line numbers, and explanations of what actually happens when they run in production. I built it because I kept seeing the same issues over and over. A site works fine in development, handles QA traffic without problems, then gets on the news and falls over within an hour. The code wasn't "wrong", it just had patterns that don't survive real traffic. Unbounded database queries. Cache bypass. N+1 problems. Accidental self-DDoS from polling. These things are invisible until they're not. TL;DR: Th…  ( 14 min )

I spend a lot of time building UI. Landing pages, dashboard layouts, login screens… the usual. After a while, I realized I was repeating the same structure again and again. So I started creating reusable components with Tailwind CSS to speed things up. Over time, that turned into a full library with 750+ copy-paste components and layout blocks you can drop straight into your project. I wanted to share a few highlights and also give you the full source where you can explore everything. Tailwind makes it easy to stay consistent with spacing, typography, and responsive design. When you combine that with reusable components, you cut a lot of time from your build. You can focus on real features and skip the boring layout work. A few design rules I follow: Give elements room to breathe Keep typography clean Make the primary action obvious Don’t overload with effects unless needed Simple UI often performs better Hero sections (for all kinds of landing pages) Navbars/Headers Pricing tables with clean structure Authentication pages (login, signup) Contact forms with clear field layout Testimonials and feature blocks Sidebars and dashboard layouts Whatever page you’re working on, you can usually start with one of these. Hero example Pricing example If you want to browse everything, all 750+ components and blocks are available here: 👉 readymadeui.com You can copy the code directly into your Tailwind project. New layouts are added regularly, and I’m happy to take suggestions if something is missing. UI doesn’t have to slow you down. With a solid set of components, you can launch faster, test ideas quicker, and spend more time on what actually matters. If you check out the library, I’d love feedback on: What components you rely on the most What layouts I should add next Anything that could be improved in structure or accessibility Thanks for reading — hope these help you ship faster!  ( 7 min )

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Vim uses registers to store copied text and paste from, rather than the system clipboard. When copy-pasting from another app, this isn't ideal, since the clipboard is inaccessible within Vim. To avoid this, the clipboard flag needs to be set. To check it, run $ vim --version This output contains all the flags that are set. If you see +clipboard, you're good. Otherwise, you'll have to recompile Vim with this flag, but the easier solution would be to additionally install vim-gtk3. Then, add set clipboard=unnamedplus to your ~/.vimrc. The above solution used to work on X11, but it only partially works on Wayland. Yanking text copies it to the clipboard, but pasting still uses Vim's internal register. Even explicitly pasting from the clipboard register with "+p doesn't work. If you are also …  ( 8 min )

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By Dr. Alireza Minagar — Software Engineer, AI Researcher, Bioinformatics Scientist, and Author Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry, but its impact on healthcare is deeper, faster, and more disruptive than any other domain. As both a physician–researcher and a software engineer working in AI and bioinformatics, I see medicine not as a siloed profession, but as a data-driven ecosystem ready for reinvention. AI is not just automating tasks or digitizing workflows. My goal in this article is to share a dual perspective: Why AI Matters in Modern Medicine Medicine has always relied on pattern recognition: Radiology interprets pixel-level patterns Behavioral medicine interprets cognitive patterns Cardiology interprets electrical patterns Pathology interprets cellular patterns Bioinformatics interprets genomic patterns AI, fundamentally, is a pattern-recognition engine capable of processing scale far beyond human capability. Where a clinician may analyze a dozen variables, a modern model can process thousands—across modalities: MRI data Electronic health records Voice and language biomarkers Wearable signals Genomic sequences Environmental data This is augmented intelligence, not replacement intelligence. Image Disclosure: The header image was generated using AI for illustrative and educational purposes and does not depict real medical data or real clinical environments. ⭐ SEO Keywords (for indexing) AI in medicine, artificial intelligence in healthcare, future of healthcare, machine learning, bioinformatics, software engineering, healthcare technology, physician–engineer, computational medicine, data-driven healthcare, AI research, Dr. Alireza Minagar.  ( 7 min )

A well-structured Kubernetes project repo usually looks like this: k8s-project/ ├── README.md ├── docs/ ├── manifests/ │ ├── namespaces/ │ ├── deployments/ │ ├── services/ │ ├── ingresses/ │ ├── configmaps/ │ ├── secrets/ │ ├── storage/ │ └── crds/ ├── overlays/ │ ├── dev/ │ ├── test/ │ └── prod/ ├── charts/ ├── scripts/ ├── ci-cd/ └── templates/ Now let's break down every folder, its purpose, what goes inside, and why it exists. README.md Your project documentation. Overview of the application How to deploy Pre-requisites (kubectl, kustomize, helm, cluster roles) CI/CD instructions docs/ – Architecture Documentation Used for: Architecture diagrams Flowcharts Troubleshooting guides Onboarding docs Example: docs/ ├── architecture.png ├── sequence-flows.md └─…  ( 8 min )

GitHub Home That was at a financial technology company where we needed to build a trading system capable of handling hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections. Traditional synchronous IO models were completely inadequate for this scenario, as each thread blocking waiting for network responses would exhaust system resources. When the technical director handed me this important task, I knew clearly: this was the ultimate test of async programming capabilities. I began researching various async implementation approaches. Node.js's event loop mechanism was an early async exploration that avoided thread switching overhead through single-threaded event-driven design. This design philosophy was revolutionary at the time, but faced with modern multi-core processors, the limitations of single…  ( 9 min )

GitHub Home I remember the scene when I first encountered this framework. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was having a headache over an architectural problem of a project. Our codebase was becoming increasingly complex, performance problems were emerging one after another, and complaints from team members were endless. At this moment, a young colleague recommended this framework to me. Honestly, I was skeptical at the time. "Another web framework?" I muttered to myself, "I've seen too many." But out of respect for my colleague, I still decided to give it a try. What shocked me was that from the first "Hello World," I felt an unusual development experience. No complex configuration files, no lengthy dependency installation process, and certainly none of those "convention over configuration…  ( 9 min )

The Multi-Step Workflow from Client Input to Agentic Reasoning and Final Output Gemini 3, Google's advanced multi-modal AI model, uses a highly complex and sequential process to understand a user's query and generate a comprehensive, accurate response. This workflow goes far beyond simple text prediction, incorporating modality fusion, external tool calls, self-correction, and robust safety checks. The process begins with the raw user data and prepares it for the core model: Client Input: The user provides an input, which can be text, image, audio, or a combination (multi-modal). For example, asking: "How much does a tiger weigh?" while including an image of a tiger. Preprocessing and Tokenization: The raw input is cleaned and broken down into smaller, numerical units (tokens/embeddings)…  ( 8 min )

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The countdown to the highly anticipated World Cup 2026 has begun, and national teams around the globe are intensifying their preparations for the biggest stage in international football. In recent news, USA Basketball Women's National Team announced a December training camp to fine-tune their skills and strategy ahead of the global tournament. This development serves as a reminder that team preparation is key to success at the World Cup. Training camps are an essential part of a national team's preparations for major tournaments like the World Cup. These camps provide an opportunity for teams to come together, bond, and fine-tune their tactics under the guidance of experienced coaches. By gathering top players from across the country, teams can: Develop chemistry: Building trust and unde…  ( 8 min )

Everyone is talking about AI apps. But here’s the truth that most founders and investors will realise too late: The real opportunity in AI isn’t in the apps. Not the shiny front-end tools. The deepest, most durable value is in the: orchestration layers data pipelines agent frameworks evaluation systems vector infrastructure monitoring tools automation backbones memory systems inference optimisation layers This isn’t the glamorous part of AI. Let me break down why. 1. AI Apps Are Easy to Build, and Easy to Kill Most AI apps today can be built in: a weekend with a small team with a simple UI on top of existing APIs The barrier to entry is low. And because they're all built on the same models, the differences between them are: invisible small temporary If your product depends entirely on an A…  ( 10 min )

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Chapter 5: Keys, Values, and the Art of Looking Things Up Friday morning arrived with clear skies. Ethan descended to the archive carrying the usual coffee tray and a small paper bag. Eleanor looked up from her desk. "What did you bring today?" "Black and white cookies. I figured we've covered enough territory this week to deserve them." She smiled and took one. "The optimist's cookie—never commit to just one flavor. Appropriate for today's topic." "Which is?" "Maps. Or as other languages call them: dictionaries, hash tables, associative arrays. The data structure for when you need to look things up." Eleanor opened her laptop and typed: package main import "fmt" func main() { var ages map[string]int fmt.Println(ages) } She ran it: map[] "This declares a map. map[string]int m…  ( 12 min )

Resumen Este artículo sustenta que la accesibilidad tipográfica para personas con dislexia en entornos digitales no se logra mediante la adopción de una "fuente mágica" (p. ej. OpenDyslexic), sino a través de un conjunto de decisiones de diseño sistemáticas: tipografías sans‑serif estándar bien configuradas, espaciado cuidadosamente ajustado, contraste cromático moderado, alineación no justificada y, sobre todo, amplias opciones de personalización por parte del usuario. Se argumenta que la teoría del déficit fonológico, complementada por la evidencia sobre alteraciones magnocelulares y de "temporal sampling", ofrece el marco neurocognitivo más sólido para entender la dislexia; sin embargo, estos déficits se expresan en la interfaz a través de fenómenos como el crowding visual, la sensibi…  ( 18 min )

En mi caso voy a instalarlo en parrot y hacerlo funcionar de manera sencilla con tres simples pasos. OWASP Juice Shop es un entorno de práctica de ciberseguridad. Piensa en él como un “juego de hacking legal”: Es una aplicación web falsa, parecida a una tienda online (de jugos, de ahí el nombre). Tiene fallos de seguridad intencionales de todo tipo: SQL Injection Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Autenticación rota Exposición de datos sensibles Y muchos más En mi caso voy a crear un contenedor en el cual estará instalada la pagina web de Owasp Juiceshop y a la cual podremos atacar sin ningún temor al estar instalada en mi propio equipo (localhost). Para instalar el Docker o Contenedor en linux habremos de ser administradores: sudo su seguimos instalando el docker apt install docker.io nos aseguramos que funciona docker --version docker ps e instalamos juiceshop y le damos el puerto 3000, que será el puerto por el que accederemos a la web para verla. docker run -d --name juice-shop -p 3000:3000 bkimminich/juice-shop -d → ejecuta en segundo plano --name juice-shop → nombre del contenedor -p 3000:3000 → expone el puerto 3000 para acceder desde mi navegador accedemos vía navegador web. En mi caso Firefox y vemos la famosa web de practicas. Ahí verás la tienda simulada, lista para aprender y practicar conceptos de seguridad de manera ética. Ale, a trabajar.  ( 6 min )

GitHub Home As a veteran with 40 years of programming experience, I have experienced various stages of async programming development. Remember those days of writing code with callback hell? Every asynchronous operation required a callback function, and nested callbacks formed a terrifying pyramid, making code readability and maintainability extremely poor. At that time, I often stayed up late debugging those complex callback chains, where a single indentation error could crash the entire application. Then the emergence of Promise gave us a glimmer of hope. Although Promise made async code flatter, chained calls still seemed lengthy, and error handling was relatively complex. I clearly remember once when dealing with complex business logic, I wrote dozens of lines of then chains, only to fi…  ( 9 min )

Local deployment of LLMs has become increasingly popular as developers and organizations seek enhanced privacy, reduced latency, and greater control over their AI infrastructure. The market now offers multiple sophisticated tools for running LLMs locally, each with distinct strengths and trade-offs. Before cloud-based AI services dominated the landscape, the idea of running sophisticated language models on local hardware seemed impractical. Today, advances in model quantization, efficient inference engines, and accessible GPU hardware have made local LLM deployment not just feasible but often preferable for many use cases. Key Benefits of Local Deployment: Privacy & data security, cost predictability without per-token API fees, low latency responses, full customization control, offline cap…  ( 20 min )

Beyond the Pinch: Unlock New Robotic Dexterity with Hybrid Gripping Tired of robots struggling with simple tasks like wiping a counter or opening a handle-less drawer? Traditional robotic grippers often fall short when facing objects requiring more than just a firm grasp. What if your robot could adapt to handle slick surfaces and delicate objects with ease? The answer lies in hybrid gripping: a revolutionary technique that combines the precision of a mechanical gripper with the adhesive power of vacuum suction in a single end-effector. This dual-mode approach enables robots to perform a wider range of tasks, switching seamlessly between gripping and suction as needed, or even using both simultaneously. Think of it like this: a standard gripper is like a hand that can only pinch, while a…  ( 7 min )

Traditional Ads Don't Work in AI Conversations. Here's What Does. As the landscape of AI applications continues to expand rapidly, many developers face a crucial challenge: how to effectively monetize their innovations without compromising user experience. Enter Monetzly—a platform that redefines the advertising paradigm for AI conversations. Imagine a world where you can monetize your app and earn from hosting relevant ads, all while keeping user engagement seamless. Let’s dive into how Monetzly’s innovative advertiser marketplace makes this possible. Monetzly is the first platform designed specifically for developers to monetize their AI applications through a dual-earning system. This means you can earn revenue from two sources: Direct Monetization: Integrate our SDK in just five min…  ( 7 min )

Which Operating System Is Better for Developers Choosing the right operating system is one of the most important decisions for a developer. The OS you work on shapes your workflow, your toolchain, your performance, and even your long term productivity. Linux and Windows remain the two leading platforms for development. Both are powerful and widely adopted, but they offer very different experiences. This article breaks down how they compare and which one is better depending on your development goals. What Linux Offers Developers Linux is built around openness, stability, and control. It gives developers deep access to the system while remaining lightweight and efficient. Most modern programming languages and server technologies were built with Linux as the primary target. This makes Linux a…  ( 8 min )

Choosing a backend technology is one of the most important decisions in web development. Node.js and PHP are two of the most widely used technologies today. Both are powerful, both have large ecosystems, and both can support production grade applications. However they differ in design philosophy, performance, scalability, and overall developer experience. This article explains their strengths, weaknesses, and which one fits best for different types of projects. > What Node.js Is Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on the V8 engine. It is designed around an event driven and nonblocking architecture which makes it highly efficient for handling large numbers of simultaneous connections. Developers benefit from using the same programming language on both the client and the server. This gives…  ( 8 min )

Hyperlane is a lightweight and high-performance Rust HTTP server library designed to simplify network service development. It supports HTTP request parsing, response building, TCP communication, and redirection features, making it ideal for building modern web services.  ( 5 min )

Let’s address the elephant in the room: I didn't write a single line of code for this project manually. Okay, that’s a bit of a lie. I read every line, but my hands were mostly on the coffee mug while the AI did the heavy lifting. I recently decided to run an experiment: create a fully functional, high-performance portfolio site generating 100% of the code via AI. The result? A project that would have usually taken me a week of late nights was done in 4 hours of prompting spread over two days. You can see the final, live result here: stackbyte.dev Here is how I did it, the stack I used, and why I think AI is the ultimate "adventure companion" for devs. I didn't just use ChatGPT and copy-paste into VS Code. I needed a highly integrated flow capable of handling a modern, production-ready sta…  ( 8 min )

Title: Amundi Pioneers Blockchain-Based Fund Distribution with Launch of Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum Introduction The adoption of blockchain technology in the financial sector has been gaining momentum in recent years, with a growing number of institutions exploring its potential for secure, transparent, and efficient fund distribution. In a significant development, Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, has launched its first tokenized share class on Ethereum, marking a major milestone in the continent's shift toward blockchain-based fund distribution. A Major Step in Blockchain Adoption Amundi's decision to launch a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum underscores the rapid growth of this emerging asset class. Tokenized money market funds offer investors a new way to ac…  ( 7 min )

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This article is a machine translation of the contents of the following URL, which I wrote in Japanese: https://qiita.com/Nana_777/items/a8be2eee9ee9d81326cb This article is the first day of the Japan AWS Top Engineers Advent Calendar 2025. AWS CodeCommit, whose phase-out was announced in July 2024, was canceled on November 24, 2025, and it became generally available again. ↓Article about AWS CodeCommit's re-release https://aws.amazon.com/jp/blogs/news/aws-codecommit-returns-to-general-availability/ ↓Click here for the Japan AWS Top Engineers Advent Calendar 2025 https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2025/aws-top-engineers AWS CodeCommit is a version control service provided by AWS that hosts repositories. Similar services include GitHub and GitLab. In the CodeCommit console, select "Create Rep…  ( 9 min )

Winning Grant Proposals: AI Illustration Techniques That Convince Grant applications represent career-defining moments for researchers, determining funding for years of investigation and team development. Whether you're applying to NIH, NSF, European Research Council, or private foundations, compelling visuals can differentiate your proposal in highly competitive review processes. However, creating professional grant graphics presents significant challenges: limited illustration budgets during proposal preparation, tight submission deadlines leaving minimal time for visual development, and the need to communicate complex methodologies to interdisciplinary review panels. AI-powered illustration is transforming how researchers strengthen grant applications. Complex research designs that onc…  ( 22 min )

The firm's US-listed spot bitcoin ETF IBIT, launched in January 2024, reached $70 billion in assets in record time and has generated hundreds of millions in fees.  ( 32 min )

Denis Dariotis, the youthful founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, talks about building a billion-dollar-a-day trading startup during his formative years.  ( 35 min )

Phong Le says Strategy has no near-term debt maturity risk and plans to continue using convertibles and equity to grow its bitcoin position over time.  ( 35 min )

The card doesn't require preloading funds or custodial services, and carries a 2% fee on currency conversions, with no IOF tax for Brazilian users.

The court cases will continue for the moment.

An executive at a Brazil-based crypto firm argued that increasing regulation and surveillance are a threat to freedom, and that P2P tech remains a vital line of defense.

Despite ETF hype, central banks and asset allocators continue to choose gold over crypto for reserve and trade purposes.

Despite low sentiment and falling prices, Bitwise’s André Dragosch says bitcoin is trading as if a recession is imminent, while macro growth expectations are already improving.

A close above $2.22 would confirm a bullish trend, while failure to hold $2.17 could lead to further declines.

The premium — which tracks the price spread between Coinbase and the global market — acts as a read on U.S. capital flows in previous cycles.

As AI systems enter production, reliability and governance can’t depend on wishful thinking. Here’s how observability turns large language models (LLMs) into auditable, trustworthy enterprise systems. Why observability secures the future of enterprise AI The enterprise race to deploy LLM systems mirrors the early days of cloud adoption. Executives love the promise; compliance demands accountability; engineers just want a paved road. Yet, beneath the excitement, most leaders admit they can’t trace how AI decisions are made, whether they helped the business, or if they broke any rule. Take one Fortune 100 bank that deployed an LLM to classify loan applications. Benchmark accuracy looked stellar. Yet, 6 months later, auditors found that 18% of critical cases were misrouted, without a single a…

JBL has announced its latest additions to the PartyBox speaker series for the Malaysian market. The new lineup, which comprises the PartyBox 520 and Encore 2, brings together upgraded hardware and software features, including JBL Pro Sound and AI Sound Boost. Several features are shared across the two newly launched models. Bluetooth 5.4 with LE […] The post JBL Introduces New PartyBox Lineup In Malaysia; Starts From RM2,099 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Bermaz Auto and Kia have mutually agreed to end their distribution partnership, which began in April 2021. Following this decision, Kia announced that it will establish its own direct presence in the Malaysian market starting 1 January 2026. For the past four years, Bermaz Auto, through its subsidiary Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd, served as the […] The post Kia Ends Bermaz Auto Partnership And Prepares Direct Malaysian Operations For 2026 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

The ASUS ExpertBook serves as the brand’s business-focused range. Among the products in this lineup, the P5 is meant for those who want a portable powerhouse for productivity purposes. After spending some time with the laptop for work (and admittedly for play), it’s safe to say that it’s a pretty reliable workhorse. It does what […] The post ASUS ExpertBook P5 Lightning Review: Mostly All Business appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 38 min )

Earlier this week, Huawei unveiled its newest book-style foldable in its home market. Shortly after the China launch of the Mate X7, the company revealed that it will be releasing the smartphone globally. Through its official social media accounts, Huawei announced that it will host a “Flagship Product Launch” in Dubai on 11 December 2025. […] The post Huawei Mate X7 Global Debut Slated For 11 December 2025 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

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Last month, I ran a simple test. Same content. Same time of day. One post from our company page, one from my personal profile. The personal post got 8x more impressions and 12x more engagement. This wasn't a fluke. It's the new reality of LinkedIn in 2025, and if you're still pouring resources into company page content while wondering why your reach keeps declining, well... now you know. LinkedIn hasn't exactly announced this shift with a press release. But the data is everywhere once you start looking. Personal profiles are seeing 5-10x higher organic reach than company pages for similar content. HubSpot's social team noticed it. Buffer documented it. And every B2B marketer I know has been quietly freaking out about it since mid-2024. The engagement gap is even starker. Comments, shares, …  ( 12 min )

It’s been more than a year since I published the post — Finding Strength in Code: Navigating Emotional Overwhelm as a Software Engineer — and yeah, the trip from there to here was worth it. At some point, I realised I had built a whole personality just to fit in a place that wasn’t mine. Fixing that mess turned out to be one of the most significant projects of my life, and strangely enough, my job was one of the main tools that helped me do it. Years of tackling complex codebases and deadlines didn't just sharpen my technical skills; they equipped me to address my personal struggles and sustain a more profound sense of purpose amid life's chaos. My inspiration for this follow-up struck at the crossroads of my daily grind and more profound reflections. Recently, my dog passed away, and once…  ( 10 min )

Introducing 8-bitHero Labs: Building Neurodivergent-Optimized AI I'm autistic and ADHD. I'm also a developer building AI. The Problem Pattern recognition (especially obscure connections) Hyperfocus (going deep on complex problems) Lateral thinking (unconventional problem-solving) Detail orientation (catching what others miss) Systems thinking (understanding how pieces fit together) Yet when we use AI, it's optimized for neurotypical cognition. It doesn't understand our thinking style. It doesn't support our strengths. The Vision What if we built an AI that did? Understands pattern-based thinking Supports executive function challenges Helps with emotional communication and processing Works as a daily companion for people with disabilities Leverages the unique strengths of neurodivergent …  ( 7 min )

In the closing stretch of 2025, three frontier models have effectively defined the state of AI: Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5, OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.1 (GPT-5.1), and Google DeepMind’s Gemini 3 Pro. Each sits at the top of its respective stack. Each claims “state-of-the-art” status. And each is, in practice, very good at slightly different things. All three are: Large, transformer-based systems with frontier-scale training runs Tuned with some mix of RLHF, AI feedback, and heavy agent/tool-use data Capable of multi-step reasoning, coding, and handling massive context windows But if you’re a developer, architect, or product lead, the question is not “which is best in the abstract?” It’s which one is best for my workload – and when does the answer change? This deep dive compares Claude Opus 4…  ( 21 min )

I’m 19. No team. No VC funding. Just me and a laptop. Last week reality hit me hard. I applied to 127 jobs and got 0 interviews. I know I'm a solid dev, so I figured something was broken technically. I dug into the parsing logic of legacy ATS systems like Workday and Taleo. Turns out my "modern" resume was being read as total gibberish because I used columns. I wanted to build a tool to fix this for everyone else. Usually building a full SaaS takes months. I gave myself 4 days. Here is how I built InterviewGhost.us by acting as the Architect and using AI as my engineering team. The Stack Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind. I iterated this via Claude 3.5 Sonnet using "Linear-style" design tokens. Backend: Node.js + Puppeteer. Used this for the forensic PDF generation. Logic: DeepSeek-V3. Used it …  ( 7 min )

Claude Opus 4.5 is Anthropic’s latest flagship model in the Claude 4.5 family, released in late November 2025. It sits at the very top of the Opus–Sonnet–Haiku hierarchy: the highest-capacity, highest-cost, and most capable tier, aimed squarely at researchers, engineers, and teams building serious AI systems rather than casual chatbots. Opus 4.5 is not just “Claude, but bigger.” It combines: A massive context window with automatic long-term memory management New controls over reasoning depth and token usage Strong tool-use and multi-agent orchestration abilities And an ambitious safety pipeline that Anthropic claims makes it their most aligned model to date In this deep dive, we’ll unpack what Claude Opus 4.5 is, what’s new under the hood, how it was trained and aligned, and how it …  ( 23 min )

In software projects, not every decision needs a full-blown architectural committee or a 30-page design document. But the opposite is also true: some decisions are too important to be treated as a simple quick fix. Every engineering team faces moments where they need to choose between doing something the right way or doing something fast. In Brazil, we often call the fast solution a gambiarra or puxadinho, an improvised workaround that solves the problem for now but usually comes with long-term costs. In English, the closest terms would be a patch, hacky fix, temporary workaround, or band-aid solution. And the reality is: sometimes you do need a quick workaround to move forward. Deadlines exist, business pressure is real, and teams often need short-term progress. The problem starts when th…  ( 7 min )

Best AI Model in 2025? How Gemini 3, ChatGPT 5.1 and Claude 4.5 Really Compare The closing weeks of 2025 have turned into the most intense AI model showdown we have seen so far. Within a span of weeks: OpenAI shipped GPT-5.1 on November 12 Google responded with Gemini 3 on November 18 Anthropic quietly kept iterating on Claude Sonnet 4.5 throughout September–November For the first time, three frontier systems sit in roughly the same capability band—yet differ sharply in architecture, philosophy, cost, and “personality.” This comparison is based on late-2025 benchmarks, independent leaderboards, developer usage patterns, and enterprise rollouts, not recycled 2024 hype. As of November 23, 2025, here is how Gemini 3, ChatGPT 5.1 and Claude 4.5 actually stack up. At a high level, all …  ( 18 min )

In November 2025, Meta quietly flipped an important switch in computer vision. With the launch of SAM 3D, the company extended its Segment Anything line from flat pixels into full 3D, turning a single everyday photograph into a textured object you can spin, inspect, and drop into a virtual scene. Instead of treating 3D reconstruction as a specialist pipeline that needs multi-view rigs and depth sensors, Meta SAM 3D asks for just one RGB image and produces a complete 3D mesh — sometimes for entire scenes, sometimes for the human body. It’s open-source, promptable, and already establishing a new baseline for what “single-image 3D” means in practice. This article explains what Meta SAM 3D is, how it works under the hood, which use cases it unlocks, and how it compares to other state-of-the-a…  ( 22 min )

In late 2025, OpenAI introduced GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a model designed not just to autocomplete code, but to behave like a long-running, tool-using coding agent. Instead of thinking in terms of “responses” or “snippets,” Codex-Max is built to sustain hours or even days of coherent work on a single software project. This article takes a technical, editorial look at what GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is, how its “compaction” mechanism enables long-horizon reasoning, and how developers in the US, EU, and APAC regions can actually use it inside real workflows. We will also examine its benchmarks, pricing implications, and operational guardrails. OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 is the general-purpose conversational model in the GPT-5 family: it handles dialogue, reasoning, and writing across domains. The GPT-5.1-Codex line…  ( 20 min )

GitHub Home As a veteran with 40 years of development experience, I've experienced a long evolutionary history of fighting errors in the Node.js world. Early Node.js developers all remember the fear of being dominated by "pyramids." This "error-first" callback style is theoretically feasible, but as business logic becomes more complex, the code extends infinitely to the right, forming an unmaintainable "death pyramid." The emergence of Promise rescued us from callback hell. We could use .then() and .catch() to build a flatter, more readable async chain. This was much better! But new problems arose. If you forgot to return the next Promise in a .then(), or forgot to re-throw an error in a .catch(), the chain would continue executing in an unexpected way. async/await allows us to write async…  ( 9 min )

Last week, a customer emailed asking if my store was "still in business" because the account dashboard looked "kind of abandoned." That stung. I'd spent $2,000 on a custom theme and countless hours perfecting the product pages, but the moment customers logged into their account, they saw what basically looked like a WordPress admin panel from 2012. The worst part? I knew it was bad. I'd been ignoring it for months. If you're running a WooCommerce store and feeling that same embarrassment every time you think about your account dashboard, this tutorial is for you. I'm going to show you exactly how I transformed mine in under 30 minutes without writing any PHP, editing any template files, or risking a single "white screen of death." Before we get into the fix, let's talk about why this matte…  ( 11 min )

Let's have some more fun with comparing and contrasting schema languages. In this post we'll look a schemas + rules-based validation tool, Soda, vis-a-vis CsvPath Framework's CsvPath Validation Language. SodaCL is the validation rules language for the Soda data quality library. You can learn more at soda.io. I'll say right up front that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison. Here's why: Soda is mainly relational data focused; CsvPath Framework is mainly files focused Soda is a data quality tool; whereas, CsvPath Framework is for data preboarding, which includes data quality, but isn't limited to it SodaCL is a domain-specific language built on YAML that uses embedded SQL; CsvPath Validation Language is a first-class stand-alone validation language, more similar in that regard to DDL o…  ( 9 min )

The Journey So Far Python data ecosystem. In previous releases (0.1 through 0.3), I focused heavily on data engineering and machine learning libraries. I had the opportunity to contribute to Dagster, scikit-learn, and NumPy. These experiences were invaluable. I learned how to navigate complex C-extensions in NumPy, understood the orchestration logic in Dagster, and worked through to the strict code standards of scikit-learn. However, I felt this is another time to move out of the box one more time and push me to the new world. Bridging Data and Application Before I jump into anything, I asked myself: Where do I want to be as a developer? I have some background in data processing, but I want to strengthen my skills in building the applications that utilize this data. I want to bridge the ga…  ( 7 min )

Introduction: From Docker Woes to LLM Jailbreaks This case study details the technical journey of setting up a local, self-hosted Large Language Model (LLM)—TinyLlama—on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Ollama and Open WebUI. It culminates in a red team exercise where the model's safety and integrity are tested against common prompt injection and hallucination attacks. The exercise proved that while the model is technically resilient in some areas, it fails catastrophically when subjected to role-play and policy fabrication attacks. The initial goal was simple: get a web UI running for TinyLlama. The primary challenge was wrestling with Docker networking on a Linux host (the Pi). Technical Setup: Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) LLM: TinyLlama (700M parameters) Runtime: Ollama (Docker Container, Por…  ( 8 min )

Most .NET developers first meet ASP.NET Core attribute routing in a happy path like this: [ApiController] [Route("api/[controller]")] public class CategoriesController : ControllerBase { [HttpGet("{id:int}", Name = "GetCategory")] public IActionResult GetCategory(int id) { ... } } Hit F5, the app runs, CreatedAtRoute("GetCategory", ...) works, and everything feels good. Then one day you add API versioning and suddenly your app dies on startup with something like: Attribute routes with the same name 'GetCategory' must have the same template This post will walk you through: What this error really means. Why it appears as soon as you start versioning controllers. Three clean ways to fix it (including when each one makes sense architecturally). How to design versioned routes and route…  ( 12 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less is a Cinema Sins video that gleefully points out every nitpick and “sin” in the new Fantastic Four movie—drops a few jokes, spoils some moments, and ultimately declares it “sintastic” rather than outright terrible. It kicks off with a shout-out to sponsor BetterHelp (discount link included), because even sin-counting can be stressful. On top of the main feature, Cinema Sins plugs their website, Linktree for all the latest updates, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), a sinful viewer poll, Patreon support, and social hangouts (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok). Writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, and Daniel all get a nod in the credits. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The idea of creating my own personal website—a place where I could share projects I'm working on and document my technical journey—has been on my mind for a long time. But as with many personal projects, it kept getting pushed aside. Finally, I found the time, and here it is: mikula.dev. In this post, I want to share how I built it, what tools I chose, and why. When looking for a site generator, I had a few requirements in mind: it needed to be simple yet flexible, fast, and shouldn't require hours of configuration just to get started. After evaluating several options, I settled on Hugo. Hugo is one of the fastest static site generators out there. Written in Go, it can build thousands of pages in seconds. But speed isn't the only advantage—it generates pure static HTML files, which makes h…  ( 9 min )

One of the challenges I’ve faced in the past is keeping track of my contributions across different projects, teams, and companies. When it’s time to update my résumé during a job search, it often turns into a struggle to recall what I’ve recently accomplished. This is why I built Gitresume, a tool that helps me: Keep track of my contributions Create résumés with AI assistance Gain insights from my Git commits Export my résumé in multiple formats To get started, visit https://gitresume.app and follow the installation instructions. Mac OSX $ brew tap iamhabbeboy/homebrew-tap $ brew install iamhabbeboy/tap/gitresume Linux curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamhabbeboy/gitresume-cli/main/install.sh | bash Windows choco install gitresume --version=0.1.0 To create a résumé, start the Gitresume server using the command below. $ gitresume Usage: gitresume [command] Available Commands: ai Test AI integration help Help about any command init Initialize gitresume config seed Seed your commit messages serve Web dashboard for managing your resumes Flags: -h, --help help for gitresume Use "gitresume [command] --help" for more information about a command Then start the server using $ gitresume serve 🚀 Starting dashboard on http://localhost:4000 ✨ Build your resume visually... Next, open your browser and navigate to the dashboard URL. From there, click on Resumes. Click Create Resume to begin You can now start editing the form and customizing your résumé Check out the full demo on how to create your résumé with Git activity + AI support  ( 7 min )

Chapter 4: Collections and the Art of Growing Lists Thursday morning brought rain. Ethan arrived at the archive shaking water from his jacket, balancing a coffee tray and a small pastry box. Eleanor glanced up from her laptop. "Wet out there?" "November in New York." He set down the coffees and opened the box. "Rugelach today. Chocolate and cinnamon." "You're learning the neighborhood." She took one and bit into it. "What made you choose rugelach?" "The baker said they're good for thinking. Something about the layers." Eleanor smiled. "Layers. Perfect. Today we're talking about collections—how to store multiple pieces of data. And yes, there are layers to this story." She opened a new file. "Tell me, Ethan. If I asked you to store five numbers, how would you do it?" "Five variables?" "Yo…  ( 12 min )

Large PDF files are annoying to share and slow to open. Here are proven methods to compress your PDFs while maintaining quality. High-resolution images inside Embedded fonts and metadata Multiple scanned pages Original file size Use PDFSmartly: Go to https://pdfsmartly.com Upload your large PDF Compression happens automatically Download compressed version Most PDFs reduce 50-80% without visible quality loss. File → Save As → Reduced Size PDF Open PDF → Tools → Quartz Filter → Reduce File Size If PDF has lots of images, they're taking space. Remove or use lower resolution. Open PDF in browser Print → Save as PDF Usually compresses automatically 100MB file → 20-30MB compressed 50MB file → 10-15MB compressed 10MB file → 2-5MB compressed No visible quality loss for most documents. pdf, compression, productivity, how-to, tutorial  ( 6 min )

Subscriptions power modern SaaS apps, but integrating payment providers like Stripe requires handling webhooks reliably. In a recent commit to the CommitLore backend, I implemented a full subscription system using Stripe. The standout technical choice was ensuring idempotent webhook processing to avoid duplicate updates during retries or failures. This approach uses a dedicated webhook_events table to track Stripe events and optimistic locking on the subscriptions table to prevent race conditions. It's a practical pattern for any NestJS app dealing with external async events. Let's break it down. Stripe webhooks notify your server of events like subscription upgrades, cancellations, or payment failures. But networks are unreliable—events can arrive multiple times, out of order, or during d…  ( 8 min )

What we’re building A browser-based ComfyUI workstation running on a rented GPU (RunPod), preloaded with your favorite models and custom nodes, with no local installs. You’ll: Launch a GPU pod with the official ComfyUI template Install models LoRA/custom nodes the fast way (copy/paste one-liner) Restart ComfyUI cleanly and verify everything works Pull images off the pod and keep costs in check If you like command-line control, I added optional CLI and debugging bits along the way. Pick a GPU (3090 is great for learning; 5090 is fast if you need speed) Use the RunPod ComfyUI template (no manual installs) Enable the Web Terminal and paste a deployment one-liner from Prompting Pixels Set Hugging Face and Civitai API tokens before running the script Restart ComfyUI from Manager inside the UI…  ( 9 min )

Development environment, staging environment, production environment—it's common to switch between multiple environments. The most critical mistake to avoid is performing actions intended for the development environment in the production environment. As humans, we make mistakes. However, tightening checks excessively can make daily operations cumbersome. AI is still not entirely reliable. So, what should we do? Let's rely on human intuition: color. I refer to this as the Production Color. You should apply a color that clearly indicates it's the production environment. Red is often a good choice. The color change uses client-side features (browser-side). You can use a script engine like Tampermonkey or develop a custom extension. Which part of the screen to change depends on the environment, but you could either fill the entire background or just the header. Of course, you can create this with AI. It may be tedious to customize for each environment, but compared to the effort of fixing mistakes in the production environment and the stress of straining yourself to avoid such mistakes, it's worth it. No more excuses—let's get this done quickly.  ( 6 min )

While working on an Android app, persisting data is a common use case. Take a simple example: an app that supports light and dark themes. If a user toggles between both, we need to remember this preference across lifecycle changes, like when the app is closed and reopened. This theme-setting example highlights a common challenge: choosing the right storage mechanism. Which storage mechanism fits our specific needs while balancing performance, persistence, and security? In this article, we will introduce the two storage areas available to us in Android: internal and external storage. Android separates storage into app-specific (private to the app) and shared storage (visible to other apps). The terms private and shared are not only about encapsulation; they also relate to where files live i…  ( 8 min )

Topic is not new but the more I work this concept is forgotten and rediscovered all over again. Your component can be small and swift, but it becomes doing more and more. Apply now this easy rules and thanks me later. Deriving state is computing value based on the data we already have. This means figuring out a value based on props or state we already have.  Good, deriving value from data When you're setting state you manage multiple source of data. This involves syncing the value and state between each other. You doing ping-pong game to reflect user changes into data and data into interface. Bad, setting value independently Let’s see how state is usually set and how we can avoid such situation in React. Sample setting state react code: // ❌ Bad! Setting state function Component(props)…  ( 7 min )

Introduction When you work on a long-term project, you may have experienced situations like: Something unexpected happens and the project drifts far away from the original plan You start a task and suddenly encounter unforeseen issues, which create even more tasks These are what we call “Unknown Unknowns.” The term dates back to a 2002 press briefing by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In response to questions about whether Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, he explained that information falls into three categories: Known Knowns: things we know Known Unknowns: things we know we don’t know Unknown Unknowns: things we don't even realize we don't know He emphasized that the last category is the most troublesome—risks that come from outside our predictions can easily …  ( 7 min )

For years, frontend development has been dominated by the build step. Webpack, Rollup, Vite, PostCSS... the list goes on. While tools like Tailwind CSS revolutionized how we style apps, they introduced a heavy dependency on Node.js environments. If you are a backend developer (PHP, Python, Go) or just want to prototype a quick idea, setting up a full frontend toolchain feels like overkill. I asked myself: What if you could just write HTML? So I built AtomAttr. AtomAttr is a runtime CSS engine. Instead of compiling your CSS at build time, it compiles it in the browser, instantly. It uses a MutationObserver to watch your DOM and injects atomic CSS rules only for the attributes you actually use. It weighs less than 10kb, has zero dependencies, and requires no config. You drop one script tag i…  ( 7 min )

#!/bin/bash if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 [delimiter]" exit 1 fi DATE_COL="$1" DAYS="$2" DELIM="${3:--}" # FIXED: go BACK in time, not forward! CUTOFF=$(date -d "$DAYS days ago" +%s) awk -v col="$DATE_COL" -v cutoff="$CUTOFF" -F"$DELIM" ' function month2num(m) { return (index("JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec", m) + 2)/3 } { if (NF = cutoff) print } '  ( 6 min )

Cooked this Paperfolio template with V0 | Here’s the template you can use for free I’ve been experimenting with V0 - by Vercel, and I rebuilt the popular Paperfolio layout originally created by Brix Templates. → Template (Clone / Remix): → Live Preview: → Watch the walkthrough on X: Clean portfolio with hero section and highlight-style text blocks Minimal, bold layout focused on showcasing your work Reusable components built directly in V0 Easy to customize for personal portfolios or client sites Open the template → https://v0.link/paperfolio Click on “Open in V0” Make your styling tweaks Deploy on Vercel That’s it — you have a clean, modern portfolio site ready to ship. If you end up customizing this, I’d like to see what you build.  ( 7 min )

big awesome problem.... We’ll try to create a compact, practical Kubernetes architecture for a video streaming app at 1 million users, plus clear design choices, components, scaling patterns, and rough capacity guidelines. We’ll also call out assumptions up front to pick the path that matches the traffic pattern. Assumptions (pick the one that matches you) I must assume something because “1 million users” could mean many things: Option A - 1M total registered users, low concurrency: ~10k concurrent peak. Option B - 1M active users, moderate concurrency: ~100k concurrent peak. Option C - 1M concurrent users (extreme): design is close to CDN-first, multiple large clusters, heavy multi-region infra. So lets focus on Option B (100k concurrent) as a realistic high-scale target (and als…  ( 9 min )

Mastering Kubernetes means mastering kubectl. This guide contains every important Kubernetes commands from basics to SRE-level advanced debugging. These are not the usual “kubectl get pods” basics but deep cut commands for debugging, networking, performance, API calls, manifests, and cluster internals. Perfect for DevOps engineers, SREs, Kubernetes admins, and more. Basic Commands Pods Deployments Services ConfigMaps & Secrets Persistent Storage Namespaces Logs & Debugging Rollouts & Scaling RBAC Node Commands Cluster Info Cleanup Productivity Tricks Advanced Commands (SRE Level) Full Printable Cheat Sheet kubectl version kubectl cluster-info kubectl get nodes kubectl get all kubectl api-resources kubectl api-versions kubectl describe node Kubernetes is used when it needs to run …  ( 11 min )

by Michael Kaiser and Momo Kornher We are excited to announce the developer preview of CDK Mixins, a new feature of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) that fundamentally changes how developers compose and reuse infrastructure abstractions. CDK Mixins enable you to apply sophisticated features to any construct whether L1, L2, or custom without being locked into specific implementations. This new mechanism addresses one of the most persistent challenges in infrastructure as code: the tension between comprehensive AWS coverage and sophisticated abstractions. The AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is an open-source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. It contains pre-written modular and reusable cloud components …  ( 9 min )

I’ve been putting OpenAI’s Codex coding assistant to task. Literally. Codex and I put together a task management system for the open source application DepanFx. The launch customer for these features was asynchronous file loading, a point of notable lag. The new capabilities avoid locking the UX loop, and provide an acceptable UX for notification and tracking of task execution. Before we were done, asynchronous file loading was also added to the session startup execution path. With Codex’s help, I was able to add asynchronous file loading, with robust task management support, in roughly 4 days. All in, including a few more days of expanded functionality and other cleanup, Codex and I were able to bring up almost four thousand lines of new task management software. This development fel…  ( 10 min )

awk -F'~' -v col="$DATE_COL" -v cutoff="$CUTOFF" ' function month2num(m) { return (index("JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec", m) + 2)/3 } { if (NF = cutoff) print }'  ( 6 min )

North Pole Library – Technical Overview https://northpolelibrary.eu 1. Executive Summary North Pole Library is a modern, AI-powered web application that allows users to create personalized Christmas stories for children. The platform leverages a sophisticated stack of cloud services, generative AI models, and automation workflows to deliver a seamless "text-to-storybook" experience. Users provide basic details (child's name, age, theme), complete a secure payment, and receive a fully illustrated, narrated, and interactive digital storybook within minutes. 2. Architecture & Technology Stack The system is built on a Serverless Architecture, utilizing a decoupled frontend and an event-driven backend orchestrated by n8n. Frontend Application Core Framework: UI/UX: State Management: React Context API handles global application state, such as multi-language support (English/Hungarian) and user session data. Supabase serves as the backend-as-a-service (BaaS) layer, providing: PostgreSQL Database: The stories table acts as the central source of truth, storing: User inputs (Child's name, age, theme). Order status (pending_payment, processing, completed). The structured JSON content of the generated story. Object Storage: Realtime/Polling: 3. Core Workflows & Automation A. Payment & Initiation Flow B. The "Magic" Generation Pipeline (n8n) Data Retrieval: The workflow fetches the pending story details from Supabase using the ID from the payment event. AI Image Generation: Asset Management: Finalization: C. Delivery 4. Key Features Summary Scalability: The use of serverless functions (Supabase) and async workflows (n8n) allows the system to handle high traffic volumes during peak holiday seasons without infrastructure management. Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDbKKT3fqOI  ( 8 min )

Just passed AWS Solutions Architect Associate on my first attempt. But this isn't another "I passed!" post - it's about leveraging cloud security expertise for federal defense contracting ISSO roles in Huntsville. Compliance frameworks (NIST 800-171, CMMC, RMF) The AWS SAA provides the foundation, but federal work demands more. HIPAA compliance → NIST 800-171 understanding The Federal Credential Stack I'm Building AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Nov 2025) Next: CMMC Registered Practitioner (Jan 2026) Federal Cloud Resume: joshuahall.tech S3 static website CloudFront CDN Lambda visitor counter Federal Cloud Resume adds: NIST 800-53 control mapping CloudTrail logging with integrity validation IAM least privilege documented Encryption at rest and in transit Why ISSO Roles Information System Security Officers bridge technical implementation and compliance frameworks. With 3.25 years of hands-on security operations and zero ransomware incidents across fully managed clients, I have the operational foundation. CMMC enforcement began November 2025. The Defense Industrial Base has 350,000+ companies, roughly 70,000 needing Level 2 certification, and only about 450 currently certified. Security professionals who understand both cloud architecture and compliance frameworks are in demand. Connecting at AWS re:Invent I'll be at re:Invent (Dec 1-6) targeting defense contractors with Huntsville presence: Torch Technologies If you're in defense contracting, let's connect. February 2026: Start ISSO role in Huntsville While others chase FAANG, I'm focused on protecting national security infrastructure in Huntsville's defense ecosystem. Current status: AWS SAA, Security+, CMMC CCP. 3.25 years security experience. Zero ransomware incidents across all fully managed clients. Relocating to Huntsville February 2026. LinkedIn.  ( 7 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins has dropped their grand finale “Everything Wrong With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning In 27 Minutes Or Less,” roasting Tom Cruise’s death-defying stunts and poking fun at how the series “maybe lost its way” in the last couple of films. They also plug their site, poll, Patreon and social channels (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Reddit), plus shout out their writers and even Jeremy’s new book—so you can keep the sins coming long after the credits roll. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Caravan of Garbage Modern Disney’s in a weird spot: their blockbusters like Marvel and Star Wars aren’t sticking the landing, and fresh ideas like Wish and Elio are barely making a ripple. To commemorate Disney’s knack for colossal flops, the hosts of The Weekly Planet are rolling out a mini-series dissecting four massive live-action disasters—kicking off with 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, featuring Nicolas Cage, magical showdowns and one unforgettable giant bird. Want more? Head over to bigsandwich.co for early videos, bonus podcasts, commentaries and Let’s Plays, or grab the extended audio edition on YouTube. Don’t forget to follow James and Maso on Twitter, subscribe on your fave podcast platform, and check out their merch at Teepublic! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hello fellow front-end engineers! These overly complex components—the "God Components"—violate the fundamental principle of Single Responsibility. They handle too much state, too much logic, and too many concerns. This leads to codebases that are frustrating to work with, slow to test, and expensive to maintain. The Component Responsibility Score (CRS) is a custom, data-driven metric used to quantify how complex and overly scoped a front-end component is. It acts as a health check for component architecture, providing an objective number that signals when a component must be broken down. The goal is simple: The beauty of the CRS is that it focuses on structural and logical properties, not specific API calls (like useState vs. data()). This makes it universally applicable. The Four Pillars…  ( 8 min )

Using MongoDB Atlas Vector Search + OpenAI Embeddings By Emmanuel Ifeanyi Mechie This document explains how I built a fully semantic, AI-powered talent matching system using: MongoDB Atlas Vector Search OpenAI text-embedding-3-small Node.js + TypeScript The system solves the limitations of traditional keyword matching by using high-dimensional vector embeddings to understand the meaning behind job requirements and user skills — enabling semantic candidate-job matching with high accuracy and drastically improved performance. The previous approach used simple keyword matching: ❌ "React Developer" only matched profiles with the exact phrase ❌ "Problem solving" ≠ "Analytical thinking" ❌ Recruiter results returned irrelevant profiles ❌ Matching time was ~12 seconds I redesigned the matchin…  ( 10 min )

When building modern applications in Rust, an efficient and reliable HTTP client is essential. Two popular choices in the Rust ecosystem are reqwest and deboa. While reqwest is the long-standing, feature-rich powerhouse, deboa is emerging as a compelling, lightweight alternative. This post dives into their key differences, with a focus on performance and suitability for different use cases. reqwest is often considered the de-facto standard for asynchronous HTTP requests in Rust. It's built on top of the powerful hyper library, which provides the underlying HTTP implementation. Key Design: A high-level, easy-to-use API that provides both blocking and asynchronous modes. It's designed for completeness, offering extensive features like JSON serialization/deserialization, redirects, cookie han…  ( 8 min )

Edition #216 - November 2025 Welcome to issue #216 of the AWS open source newsletter, the newsletter where I try and provide you the best open source on AWS content. re:Invent is just around the corner, and this months edition has a lot of great pre:Invent stuff, and I can't wait to see what other open source stuff gets announced. Some readers may be heading to re:Invent (or maybe already there), so enjoy the week. In this months edition we have a nice selection of projects from making it easier to use integrate with MCP Servers, a new Python framework that simplifies infrastructure management, managing credentials for local development, a couple of developer experience improvements for serverless developers, a new way to PySpark like code on Anthena, as well as the usual round up of c…  ( 30 min )

Liquid syntax error: Variable '{{% raw %}' was not properly terminated with regexp: /\}\}/  ( 6 min )

Regex (REGular EXpressions) is commonly used in command-line tools, such as grep or sed, in order to search for a pattern or to search and replace a pattern. Regular expressions are a powerful tool whenever there's a "free form" string that needs to be analyzed, or an input from a source that may or may not provide exactly formatted input. Regex is perfect to extract useful bits and pieces from it. In RimStone, Regex is a built-in feature via match-regex statement. Here's an example of using it in a server application: // Use backreferences to swap two words, // with "Reverse order word" as a result match-regex "(word)\\s+(order)" \ in "Reverse word order" \ replace-with "\\2 \\1" \ result res print-out res new-line RimStone regex has a powerful "cache" clause which allows for regex pattern to be parsed once into a binary representation and used over and over without parsing again. In our tests, this often results in five times (5x) or more speed up! This makes it perfect for server applications where performance is paramount. RimStone is overall built for performance, with LTO (Link Time Optimization) built-in across the board, and with generated C code used to create high-performance native applications. No Virtual Machines, no p-code, just native executables. On top of that, RimStone is a memory-safe language. The full regex example, with detailed instructions, can be found here.  ( 6 min )

Walk through your house on a sunny afternoon and you’ll see it: thin beams of light catching thousands of floating specks that weren’t visible a second earlier. That’s not “dirty air.” It’s physics in motion. Every home operates like a small particle system where air moves, slows, collides, rises, sinks, and drops microscopic matter into the places you later have to clean. Dust doesn’t settle randomly. It follows the rules of airflow, temperature differences, pressure zones, humidity, and friction. When you understand those rules, dust becomes predictable, not mysterious. If you live in a dry, dusty region, the effects are even stronger. The principles below apply in every climate, but they show up faster where heat, HVAC usage, and outdoor particulate levels are high. For a deeper look at…  ( 9 min )

The Problem: "I just need a simple database..." We've all been there. You are building a side project, a prototype, or a simple CMS for a client. You need a database, but: Postgres/MySQL feels like overkill (and costs money/effort to host). SQLite is great but hard to share with non-tech clients. Google Sheets is perfect for clients, but the API... well, the API returns untyped arrays (row[0], row[1]), which is a nightmare to maintain. I wanted the developer experience (DX) of Prisma but with Google Sheets as the backend. So, I built TarangDB. TarangDB is a lightweight, type-safe ORM for Node.js and Bun. It turns your Google Sheet tabs into relational tables with a syntax you already know and love. Key Features: ✨ Prisma-like Syntax: findMany, create, where, include. 🛡️ Type-safe: Au…  ( 8 min )

It's been awhile coming but we finally got set up with gig internet. Speeds have been ok before but we needed better speed for streaming and deployment. It's rough to code then suffer through slow upload speed. Tech called shortly before the Dads in Tech meet up. Unfortunately the meeting was in middle of the tech's arrival window. I was hoping to join but knew I couldn't cause he would need attention. Hoped it would be a quick install and I could catch the end of the meeting. It was not quick. The tech comes to the door and asks, "Did they ship you modem?" "No." "They were suppose to ship you a modem, an enterprise one." I knew that was wrong. He said "I'll go out to truck call manger then call you in 5 to 10 minutes." While he was in truck I checked the appointment email and texts …  ( 11 min )

What is Factor? Factor is a modern stack-based programming language inspired by Forth, but redesigned to be more expressive, modular, and practical. Instead of writing procedural stack operations with minimal structure, Factor introduces higher-order functions, quotations (anonymous stack functions), a rich standard library, and a powerful interactive development environment. Factor attempts to make stack programming feel high-level and ergonomic without sacrificing the low-level control and simplicity that stack languages are known for. Language Type: Stack-based functional language Released: 2003+ (ongoing development) Creator: Slava Pestov Paradigm: Concatenative, functional, interactive Execution Model: Compiled + runtime VM Typing: Dynamic Primary Use: Language experimentation…  ( 7 min )

Designer wear for women stands at the intersection of fashion, art, and personal expression. It embodies not just clothing, but a lifestyle that celebrates elegance, innovation, and individuality. These carefully curated collections bring together creative vision and skilled craftsmanship, offering pieces that resonate with women who appreciate quality and style beyond fleeting trends. What makes designer wear so captivating is its blend of exclusivity and superior quality. Unlike mass-produced fashion, designer pieces are often limited in number and crafted with meticulous attention to detail. This exclusivity lends a sense of luxury and uniqueness, allowing women to stand out with outfits that are as distinctive as they are beautiful. Designer collections for women encompass a broad spec…  ( 7 min )

What is Agda? Agda is a dependently typed functional programming language designed not only for writing programs, but for expressing mathematical proofs directly in code. It blurs the line between programming and formal logic—meaning a valid program is also a valid proof. Agda focuses on correctness-by-construction, allowing developers to build software where errors are eliminated through types instead of runtime behavior. It’s heavily used in type theory research, formal verification, mathematical reasoning, and experimental compiler design. Language Type: Dependently typed functional language Released: Early 2000s (active academic development) Creator: Ulf Norell and the Agda research community Paradigm: Proof-driven development, functional programming Execution Model: Compiles via…  ( 7 min )

What is Elixir Script Mode? Elixir Script Mode refers to an early and lesser-used execution style of Elixir where the language could be written and executed like a scripting language rather than as part of a compiled OTP project structure. Instead of working inside Mix projects or OTP application design, Script Mode allowed direct execution of .exs files, similar to how Python or Ruby scripts run. This mode existed mainly for experimentation, rapid prototyping, tooling demos, and small automation tasks. While still supported, it never became the primary style of using Elixir, especially once the language standardised around Mix, Phoenix, and OTP-minded architecture. Language Type: Functional scripting (Elixir runtime) Era: Early ecosystem phase (~2014–2017 emphasis) Execution Model: In…  ( 7 min )

What is Zig (Alpha Specification)? Zig (Alpha Spec) refers to the early development phase of the Zig programming language, before the syntax, standard library, and compiler behavior were stabilized. During this stage, Zig was still defining its philosophy: manual control over memory, predictable compilation, and replacing C with safer low-level tooling—without garbage collection or runtime magic. The alpha era featured syntax differences, experimental features, missing standard library components, and compiler instability — making it feel like a raw prototype version of the Zig we know today. Language Type: Low-level systems language Era: Prototype & alpha development (~2016–2019) Creator: Andrew Kelley Execution Model: Compiled (LLVM backend) Typing: Static with strong type guarante…  ( 7 min )

What is ReasonML (Old Build)? ReasonML (old build) refers to the earlier form of Reason before the language direction shifted toward ReScript. Originally created by Facebook, ReasonML aimed to provide a JavaScript-friendly syntax on top of OCaml’s powerful type system. The old build existed during the migration phase when syntax, tooling, compiler behavior, and ecosystem conventions were still evolving. In this stage, Reason resembled a hybrid of JavaScript, OCaml, and TypeScript — with the goal of delivering safe typed code while compiling to efficient JavaScript via BuckleScript. Language Type: Typed functional language (OCaml syntax layer) Era: 2016–2020 (pre-ReScript transition) Creator: Jordan Walke (creator of React) Execution Model: Compiled through BuckleScript → JavaScript T…  ( 7 min )

What is Glypho? Glypho is an esoteric programming language where programs are written entirely using abstract shapes, glyphs, and symbols rather than alphanumeric characters. Instead of words, numbers, or punctuation, the language uses geometric marks such as circles, arrows, strokes, spirals, and shorthand ideograms to represent instructions. The aesthetic resembles ancient writing systems or UI iconography more than traditional programming syntax. Glypho explores what programming looks like when everything meaningful must be communicated visually rather than linguistically. Language Type: Symbol-based esolang Era: Approx. 2016–2020 experimental period Execution Model: Interpreter reads symbols sequentially or spatially depending on variant Paradigm: Stack-based, rule-based, or direc…  ( 7 min )

What is MicroTape? MicroTape is an ultra-minimal esoteric language inspired by the original concept of Turing tape computation. It strips programming down to only a few operations: moving left or right along a tape, modifying a single cell, and optionally printing or halting. The language exists to demonstrate how little machinery is required to achieve full computational behavior, making it a study tool for Turing completeness and extreme language minimalism. To a human reader, programs appear as short symbol sequences rather than structured code. Language Type: Minimalist tape-based esolang Era: Part of the 2010s minimal language movement Execution Model: Single tape, single pointer Memory Model: Single infinite tape of integers or bytes (variant-dependent) Typing: None — values ar…  ( 7 min )

What is StackCats? StackCats is an esoteric programming language where all operations are represented as cat-themed commands. Instead of symbols or keywords, instructions mimic cat actions such as pawing, sitting, napping, jumping, or meowing — each corresponding to a stack operation. The language combines the structure of a traditional stack machine like Forth or False with a playful lexical theme centered around feline behavior. Programs often look like a series of cat instructions rather than recognizable code, and part of the appeal comes from the absurdity of reading what appears to be a cute pet diary while actually performing computation. Language Type: Esoteric / stack-based command set Era: Mid-2010s community creation wave Execution Model: Single global stack manipulated by c…  ( 7 min )

What is StackCells? StackCells is an esoteric language where memory is represented as a grid of individual stacks rather than a single linear memory tape or one global stack. Each cell contains its own independent stack of values, and execution moves between cells while manipulating the local stack contents. The model is inspired by grid-based execution languages like Befunge but combined with stack-based semantics similar to Forth or False. Instead of thinking in lines of code, the programmer must think spatially about how data flows between stacked memory regions. Language Type: Esoteric / grid + stack machine Era: Experimental language wave (approx. 2016–2020) Execution Model: Cursor moves through grid, operating on cell-local stacks Paradigm: Stack-based, spatial execution, proced…  ( 7 min )

What is TuringTiles? TuringTiles is an esoteric programming language inspired by Turing machine theory, but instead of a single tape and head, programs are represented as grids of tiles. Each tile encodes a rule: when the execution cursor enters from one side, it performs an operation and exits through another side. The program's logic emerges from how these tiles connect, creating a visual, modular, and puzzle-like execution pattern. It behaves somewhere between a cellular automaton, a flow puzzle, and a visual Turing machine. Language Type: Esoteric / visual rule-based language Era: 2014–2019 indie experimentation period Execution Model: Cursor-driven tile map traversal Paradigm: State transition + spatial programming Typing: None — tile symbols control execution A simplified tex…  ( 7 min )

If you’re active in the developer community, you’ve probably noticed one thing over the last week — Gemini 3 is literally everywhere. X (Twitter), Reddit, Discord, YouTube… the hype has been insane. Everyone keeps saying “Google finally did it… this model is massive.” As a developer, I’m always curious when a new AI model gets this kind of attention. So of course, I had to test it myself. Not by asking philosophical questions or doing poetry — but by using it for something real, something practical: 👉 Can Gemini 3 build a usable developer-friendly website from a single prompt? So I opened Google AI Studio, typed a simple request, and the results honestly shocked me. My first test prompt was extremely basic: “Make a doctor appointment landing page website.” Just one line. No extra stylin…  ( 8 min )

Async calls (e.g., fetch()) return Promises, not immediate values. Direct return yields undefined. Focus: JavaScript (adapt for other langs). function fetchData() { let result; fetch('https://api.example.com/data') .then(data => { result = data; }); return result; // undefined } function fetchData() { return fetch('https://api.example.com/data') .then(response => response.json()) .catch(error => { throw error; }); } // Usage fetchData().then(data => console.log(data)); Pros: Non-blocking. Cons: Nesting issues. async function fetchData() { const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data'); return await response.json(); } // Usage const data = await fetchData(); console.log(data); Pros: Readable, try/catch errors. Cons: Requires async callers. function fetchData(callback) { fetch('https://api.example.com/data') .then(data => callback(null, data)) .catch(err => callback(err, null)); } // Usage fetchData((err, data) => { if (!err) console.log(data); }); Pros: Simple. Cons: Control inversion. Errors: Always .catch() or try/catch. Parallel: Promise.all([async1(), async2()]). Timeouts: Use AbortController. Testing: Mock fetch in Jest. Node: node-fetch for < v18. const fetch = require('node-fetch'); async function getPosts(userId) { const res = await fetch(`https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts?userId=${userId}`); return await res.json(); } const posts = await getPosts(1); // Returns array Use async/await for clean returns. Reduces bugs in 90% of cases.  ( 6 min )

GitHub Home A hacker exploited this vulnerability, bypassed authentication, and stole the entire user table data. By the time we discovered it, it was too late. For the next few months, our entire team lived in nightmares: cooperating with investigations, appeasing clients, fixing vulnerabilities, checking all company projects for similar risks... The company's reputation and business suffered heavy damage. That incident taught me the most profound lesson: in the world of web development, security always comes first. Many developers, especially when project deadlines are tight, view "security" as a "feature module." They say: "Let's implement the main functionality first, and we'll 'add' security features in the next iteration." This is a fatal misunderstanding. Security is not a coat of p…  ( 9 min )

NullPointerException (NPE) is a Java runtime exception thrown when code accesses a null reference (e.g., calling a method on null). Trigger: Attempting to use a null object reference (e.g., null.length()). Type: Unchecked exception; occurs at runtime, not compile time. Example: String name = null; System.out.println(name.length()); // Throws NPE Stack Trace: Points to the line; trace upward for root cause. Uninitialized References: Variables default to null if not set. User user = getUser(id); // Returns null if not found user.getName(); // NPE Null Parameters: Methods receive unexpected null inputs. Collection Access: Null lists/maps or missing keys. Map map = new HashMap(); map.get("key").toString(); // NPE if key absent Method Chains: On…  ( 7 min )

3 simple tricks for managing git histories It took me a while to learn these simple tricks for effectively managing Git histories with just a few commands. In the first article, I explained why clear, structured Git commit messages and cohesiv commits are important or why temporary commits make the history more difficult to read. This time, I will show you how to organise your commits before merging them. This will give you a clean, easy-to-understand commit history. Changes should be reviewed and consolidated into a clear commit history. The aim is to include only changes that are relevant, just like book authors revise drafts before publishing. Consider cleaning up commit history for clarity and maintainability: Add changes directly to the previous commit git commit --amend Consolidate…  ( 9 min )

Xray Test Management for Jira is a widely used tool for test planning, execution, and reporting, offering a comprehensive set of features to manage testing workflows directly within Jira. It’s designed for teams that need full capabilities and extensive integration with Jira, making it a popular choice for larger organizations. AgileTest by DevSamurai is also an effective test management solution that integrates with Jira. In this article, we will go through some key features in which AgileTest can be an affordable substitute for Xray Test Management for Jira.   1. Test Management Both Xray and AgileTest support you and your team to create, manage, execute test cases, and track test results. Let’s discover how each app works. Create and organize test cases AgileTest In AgileTest, there is …  ( 10 min )

The Robert Redford Hall of Fame Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins invite actor-playwright Tracy Letts to celebrate Robert Redford’s illustrious career. Together they riff on his standout roles, share personal anecdotes about the star’s impact, and literally build their own Redford Hall of Fame. From Sundance Kid stardom to directorial triumphs like Ordinary People, this lively chat maps Redford’s biggest milestones and enduring appeal. If you’re streaming on Prime or just love classic Hollywood legends, it’s a fun, affectionate deep dive into one of cinema’s all-time greats. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Summary Cinema Sins takes on Fantastic Four in a rapid-fire “Everything Wrong With…” video, clocking in at under 20 minutes and delivering their usual blend of snarky quips and pointed “sins.” They even joke that the film is just as “sintastic” as any other Marvel outing. Alongside the video, they plug BetterHelp therapy discounts, showcase their website and YouTube channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork), and invite fans to fill out a poll, support them on Patreon, and follow the writers and social-media handles listed. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

I'm a Python developer who takes pride in writing code that's more readable and less ambiguous or failure prone. Therefore, it was a never-before seen adventure for me, a journey of treading unknown terrains of JavaScript to get this extension working. Now, as for the motive that lead to this moment, I was downloading some large files from sites online as a part of my research, and I was disappointed to see that the native download manager wouldn't handle downloads for my use case right. I mean, due to server download speeds, my network's speeds, or whatever else, some of my downloads would stall, and I'd have to manually be there to resume them so they wouldn't give up on me. So, my eyes on the screen most of the time, or they would just fail, and some that wouldn't resume due to the link…  ( 10 min )

SECTION 1 — The Past: The Origin Story of SQL Before we talk about a new query language for networks, we have to pay respect to the old one — the one that defined how the entire digital world thinks about data. Because SQL wasn’t just a technology. And to understand why N-SQL exists, we have to rewind to the beginning. 1.1 — Why SQL Was Born The early 1970s were chaos in data land. Every company wrote its own custom data access systems: hierarchical stores pointer-based network models vendor-specific query languages bespoke storage formats This meant: no uniform way to access data no shared mental model no predictable structure and every enterprise was basically reinventing the wheel Then Edgar F. Codd walked in with a banger of a paper: Codd’s idea was wild for the time: treat data as uno…  ( 28 min )

Dimension is a proactive AI assistant for engineering teams that removes context-switching. It launched on Product Hunt this month, for the first time after months in stealth mode, got featured, ranked #2 Product of the Day, and #3 Developer Tool of the Week. Here's what they did right and how to apply it to your launch. Rode the tailwinds. Their founder introduced Dimension on X the previous day. It gained traction with 3.5+ millions impressions and the team rode those tailwinds on Product Hunt. Crafted the visual assets. The image gallery is the first impression of your product. It sets expectations. High-quality assets == high-quality product. Pro tip: The image gallery tells your story, visually. It starts with an intro, i.e. the OG image. IMHO It should finish with an end, i.e. your call-to-action. Take Dimension for example. Kept momentum going. Last but not least, the team kept the momentum going post-launch by running a billboard ad campaign to stay top of mind. How to apply this to your launch The right time to launch could be now Show the product in your image gallery Keep the momentum going by engaging in threads and running ads Over to you! What are your key learnings from your previous launches? What worked, what didn't work from your perspective?  ( 6 min )

Writing good code is hard. The industry's response has been to create an ever-growing catalog of design patterns, principles, and architectural guidelines. While these have their place, there's a simpler practice that yields better results: writing tests. Let's start with something simple. You need to build a function that calculates the total price of items in a shopping cart, including tax. That's it. A straightforward requirement. Let's see how this can go wrong when we think in patterns first, and how tests lead us to better design. The first instinct is often to create a class. class ShoppingCart { private items: CartItem[] = []; addItem(item: CartItem): void { this.items.push(item); } getItems(): CartItem[] { return this.items; } } The thought process: "A cart ha…  ( 13 min )

Temporal Dead Zone in JavaScript Arma Sahar ・ Nov 28 #javascript #beginners #tutorial #node  ( 6 min )

Sebagai developer, kita menghabiskan 90% waktu hidup kita di dalam terminal, IDE, dan browser. Kita membangun produk yang hidup di cloud dan diakses lewat layar. Rasanya, dunia fisik (kertas, tinta, cetakan) itu teknologi kuno, legacy code dari masa lalu. Tapi, coba lihat bagian belakang laptop rekan kerja Anda di coworking space atau konferensi tech. Penuh stiker, kan? Logo Golang, Docker, GitHub, atau stiker startup tempat mereka bekerja. Di sinilah ironinya: Di dunia yang paling digital sekalipun, validasi sosial dan branding kita sangat bergantung pada objek fisik. Artikel ini bukan tentang kembali ke zaman batu, tapi tentang melengkapi Tech Stack Anda dengan Physical Stack. Mengapa? Karena networking terjadi di dunia nyata, dan impresi pertama seringkali terjadi secara offline. Bagi d…  ( 8 min )

In the last few months, I have been very interested in large language models. At the same time, the GPU world is also changing. Nvidia is still the market leader, but AMD, Intel, and even Chinese companies are making cheaper GPUs. The main challenge is that CUDA is still the dominant software stack, and Nvidia drivers are not open source. Because of this, using non‑Nvidia GPUs is still not smooth. As someone who runs a homelab, I wanted a setup where I can use different GPUs together. But even mixing two Nvidia GPUs of different generations is hard. If you upgrade from RTX 3090 to RTX 5090, you may need a different CUDA version, a different Python version, and a different PyTorch version. New architectures like Blackwell also take time to enter mainstream frameworks. So many people end up …  ( 16 min )

Cloud data warehouses are amazing for production. They are terrible for development. If you’re a Data Engineer, you know the pain of the “cloud feedback loop”: You write a complex SQL query. You hit “Run” in your orchestrator. You wait 45 seconds for the warehouse to spin up or queue your job. It fails because of a syntax error. You fix it. You pay for the query slot. You wait again. This latency kills flow. In software engineering, we run code locally on our laptops before shipping to production. Why can’t we do the same for data pipelines? I built FastFlowTransform (FFT) to solve this. It’s a framework that lets you build and test your pipeline locally using DuckDB (for speed and free compute), and then deploy the same project to Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks for production. In this…  ( 9 min )

As a developer building financial tools, creating GainIPO taught me valuable lessons about user needs, real-time data handling, and building trust in the fintech space. IPO investors in India lacked a centralized platform for: Real-time Grey Market Premium (GMP) tracking Live subscription status updates Allotment predictions DRHP analysis and expert insights For a financial data platform, these were critical: Backend: Fast API responses for real-time data Reliable data scraping and validation Database optimization for quick queries Frontend: Clean, mobile-first design (most users are on mobile) Fast loading times (< 2 seconds) Easy navigation for non-technical users Data Integrity: Multiple source validation Automated error detection Manual verification for critical updates Users need data…  ( 7 min )

Learn about Production Ready TAILWIND CSS Setup in REACT NATIVE ! First you need to setup your react native project , create the new React Native Project Using Expo npx create-expo-app@latest my-awesome-app cd my-awesome-app Reset your project npm run reset-project Install these all package for install Nativewind npm install nativewind react-native-reanimated@~3.17.4 react-native-safe-area-context@5.4.0 npm install --dev tailwindcss@^3.4.17 prettier-plugin- Step 4 Setup the Tailwind CSS in project Run npx tailwindcss init to create a tailwind.config.js file @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} / /.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"], Add the globals.css file on app folder @tailwind base; Step 6 Last Step npx expo customize metro.config.js Copy this and replace it const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname) module.exports = withNativeWind(config, { input: './global.css' })` /** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */ This Thing help you to play with tailwind Production level ` `  ( 6 min )

You can create custom, user-defined networks, and connect multiple containers to the same network. Once connected to a user-defined network, containers can communicate with each other using container IP addresses or container names. The following example creates a network using the bridge network driver: $ docker network create -d bridge my-net Running a container in the created network: $ docker run --network=my-net -itd --name=container3 busybox 👉 Container networks In addition to user-defined networks, you can attach a container to another container’s networking stack directly, using the --network container: flag format. The following flags aren’t supported for containers using the container: networking mode: --add-host --hostname --dns --dns-search --dns-option --mac-addres…  ( 8 min )

From Single Files to Complete Directory Trees—A Fundamental Evolution Posted by Muhammed Shafin P (HejHdiss) | Qeltrix Project Lead I'm thrilled to announce Qeltrix V5, the most significant architectural evolution in the Qeltrix ecosystem. This release fundamentally transforms Qeltrix from a single-file encryption tool into a full-featured folder archiver with Virtual File System (VFS) capabilities, optional asymmetric metadata encryption, and surgical seek operations. V5 represents a paradigm shift: instead of encrypting one file at a time, you can now package entire directory structures into a single encrypted container—then access individual files within that container without decrypting everything. Folder Archiving with Virtual File System V5 introduces a complete VFS implementation …  ( 11 min )

https://engtoolshub.com/tools/random-data-generator Every developer needs mock data. Whether you're testing a form, seeding a database, or demoing a feature — you need realistic fake data, fast. Names, emails, usernames Why it's different: 🔗 Try it: https://engtoolshub.com/tools/random-data-generator Part of EngToolsHub — 47+ free browser-based developer tools. What data types would you like to see added? Drop a comment! 👇  ( 6 min )

Automated migrations bring your database into the same repeatable, auditable, and safe process your application code already enjoys. In this guide, you’ll learn how to integrate FluentMigrator cleanly into your Azure CI/CD pipeline. Automate database migrations so they run automatically in your deployment pipeline. When you deploy: Infrastructure creates/updates Azure SQL Database Migrations run automatically API deploys (only if migrations succeed) Zero manual steps. Zero forgotten migrations. Zero production surprises. Here's how it works conceptually: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Infrastructure Pipeline (sql-infra.yml) │ │ • Runs independently when infrastructure changes │ │ • Deploys: Azure SQL Server + Database (Bice…  ( 8 min )

What is deboa-macros? deboa-macros is a procedural-macro crate for Rust that builds on top of the core HTTP client deboa. Its goal is to simplify common HTTP request patterns using expressive macros---turning verbose boilerplate into concise, type-safe code. Where deboa provides low-level HTTP capabilities (HTTP/1 + HTTP/2, async runtimes like Tokio or Smol, etc.), deboa-macros layers ergonomic syntax on top so you can focus on logic instead of deboa-macros Rust's procedural macros allow developers to run code at compile time to generate boilerplate, enforce patterns, and create domain-specific syntax. For HTTP requests, much of the code is repetitive: building the request serializing bodies deserializing responses handling errors deboa-macros addresses these pain points with: …  ( 7 min )

The Challenge I've shipped AI features in many stacks, but over a weekend, I wanted to answer one question: "Can I build a complete, production-quality AI app using only Go?" Not just a proof of concept. A real application with: Structured AI flows Content moderation Smart interpretation Reactive UI Type safety end-to-end The result? An AI Welcome Note Generator that evolved from a 10-line prompt to a multi-stage pipeline with safety filters and natural language understanding—all without leaving Go. This article walks through how everything fits together — from the simplest flow to a smart, multi-stage LLM pipeline. Welcome Note Generator Demo Watch the application in action: from simple prompts to smart, moderated AI flows Backend: Genkit — AI flow orchestration (the star of the show) G…  ( 11 min )

Why Your Database Schema Deserves Version Control Your code is tracked, reviewed, and tested. If you’ve ever found yourself unsure whether a schema change was applied consistently across environments, this guide will help. Your application code lives in Git, but your database schema lives... where exactly? When you: Add a new column Create a new table Modify an index How do you ensure every developer and every environment has the same schema? The old way: Scattered SQL scripts, manual execution, fingers crossed. The better way: Migrations as code—version-controlled, repeatable, and reviewable. Think of migrations as "Git commits for your database schema." Each migration is a numbered file that describes a single change: Migration 001: Create Users table Migration 002: Create Products tab…  ( 10 min )

I recently built a prospecting agent with Python to find local businesses on Google’s lower-ranked pages and pitch them SEO services. The initial version was... promising but flawed. It tried to pitch Indeed.com because they didn't have a local phone number. It told Ford Dealerships their site was "down" because their firewall blocked my bot. It sent robotic emails starting with "Fail: H1 Missing" ... not exactly a charming opener. I realized that to make this tool useful, I needed to move from a simple scraper to a true agent. Here is the breakdown of how I refactored the code to filter noise, crawl for contacts, and use GenAI to write personalized campaigns. The first problem with scraping generic keywords is that half the results aren't businesses, they are directories, job boards, and …  ( 10 min )

🚫 Zero Mental Math: An Anti-Hallucination Architecture for LLM-Driven Analysis A six-layer system for achieving 100% accurate numerical reporting from Large Language Models I built an MCP server that extracts data from my MT5 terminals on a VPS. Basically its a load of financial data reports, like trades, averages, technical indicators etc. I built it all out and I realized that my LLM would randomly hallucinate random things, for example it would say there was a 16th trade when there only had been 15 trades for that day. When it comes to financial reporting I realize there is probaly a lot on this topic, so I grabbed some ideas from a lot of the latest research on RAG topics, and i threw something together. I wrote tests that actually test the accuracy of the results of my embeddings …  ( 16 min )

We’re living in a time where almost every “free” AI tool hides something behind a paywall — limited credits, forced registration, watermarks, or downgraded quality unless you upgrade. So when I came across two AI tools that are actually free, require zero sign-up, and deliver genuinely high-quality results, I was honestly surprised. They feel like hidden gems, so I’m sharing them here for anyone who loves AI tools, productivity resources, or creative experiments. 🎨 1. Free AI Image Generator (High Quality + No Account Needed) 🔗 https://productivitygears.com/free-ai-image-generator-tool If you’ve ever used online image generators, you know how frustrating it gets: credits, blurry previews, logins, watermarks — the usual story. Press enter or click to view image in full size What Makes It Stand Out 🔊 2. Free AI Text-to-Speech Tool (Natural Voices, Instant MP3) https://productivitygears.com/free-ai-text-to-speech Become a member Press enter or click to view image in full size This one doesn’t. Why It’s Worth Bookmarking ⭐ Final Thoughts If you enjoy playing around with AI, create content, or just love exploring useful online tools, these two are absolutely worth checking out and adding to your bookmarks. If you try them, I’m curious which one you end up using more.  ( 7 min )

What do the terms identity, AI, workload, access, SPIFFE, and secrets all have in common? These were the most common words used at CyberArk's Workload Identity Day Zero in Atlanta ahead of KubeCon 2025.  Across an evening full of talks and hallway conversations, the conversation kept coming back to the fact that we have built our infrastructures, tools, and standards around humans, then quietly handed the keys to a fast-multiplying universe of non-human identities (NHIs). However, the evening didn't dwell on what we have gotten wrong, but instead on what we are getting right as we look towards a brighter future of workload identity.  Every speaker discussed what has happened so far and how we have reached the state in which so many companies find themselves. These workload identities, in t…  ( 10 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins takes on the wild ride that is KPop Demon Hunters, throwing their signature “sins” over the movie in under 16 minutes of sharp, tongue-in-cheek critiques. They invite fans to dive deeper into the CinemaSins universe—follow their YouTube channels, social feeds, and even fill out a “sinful” poll or support the team on Patreon. The video description also lists the crew behind the sins (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) with links to their social profiles, plus community hangouts on Discord and Reddit, and more goodies like Jeremy’s book and TikTok highlights. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hi! Go's built-in race detector requires CGO. This means: No race detection in Docker scratch images Cross-compilation becomes complicated Cloud functions and embedded systems are out of luck A pure-Go implementation of race detection using the FastTrack algorithm. Works with CGO_ENABLED=0. 99% overhead reduction - from ~10,000x down to ~100x slowdown. Key improvements: Adaptive Sampling - configurable 1-100% sample rate for production use Sparse VectorClocks - O(active goroutines) instead of O(total) Address Compression - 8x memory reduction 4 Inline Slots - zero allocations for common cases go install github.com/kolkov/racedetector/cmd/racedetector@v0.3.0 # Build with race detection racedetector build -o myapp main.go # Run with race detection racedetector run main.go # Production with 10% sampling RACEDETECTOR_SAMPLE_RATE=10 racedetector run main.go GitHub: https://github.com/kolkov/racedetector Discussions: https://github.com/kolkov/racedetector/discussions Issues: https://github.com/kolkov/racedetector/issues Looking for Feedback I'd appreciate if you could try it on your projects and report any bugs or false positives. Contributions are welcome. Also curious: should something like this be proposed for Go toolchain integration, or is it better as a standalone tool? Thanks!  ( 6 min )

Recomiendo ver antes - instalacion de Homebrew y asdf en ubuntu ( es corto son 5 comandos) C++ - Referencia en CPPReference C++ - En DevDocs.io ⚠️ En C++ no existen “frameworks web” estándar como en Python, pero sí hay bibliotecas ampliamente usadas. Sin Framework (sockets POSIX) — Minimalista, simple, nativo. Crow — Inspirado en Flask, muy fácil de usar. Boost.Beast — Rápido y moderno para HTTP/WebSocket. CppRestSDK — Completo, estilo Django/Express. C++ ya viene instalado, pero debes asegurarte de tener g++: sudo apt update sudo apt install g++ build-essential brew install gcc C++ no tiene un gestor oficial como pip o npm, pero los más usados son: apt (en Ubuntu) vcpkg conan Ver versión del compilador: g++ --version Instalar una librería JSON (ejemplo): sudo apt install nlohmann-json3…  ( 10 min )

I built a lightweight profile card pattern that focuses on clarity, flexible layout, and a single social icon. It’s intended for portfolios, team pages, and small UI components where you want a clean, accessible card without a heavy framework. Created with HTML, CSS and JS and easy to edit or extend. Preview and edit the example in the CodLico HTML Editor: https://codlico.com/tools/html-editor-online/ HTML: CSS: :root { JS: document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {  ( 7 min )

sekarang Tokopedia sudah punya akun WhatsApp resmi! Nomor WhatsApp Resmi tokopedia adalah: +62 813-7416-7006 yang terpercaya  ( 5 min )

Hesaplarınızın giriş ekranında veya “Şifremi Unuttum” adımında gördüğünüz o tanıdık görüntüyü bilirsiniz: “Güvenlik kodunu şu numaraya gönderiyoruz: +44 7** *** ** 23” veya “Kod gönderildi: l*.design@*.com” Pek çok kullanıcı bu maskelenmiş formatı güvenli bir koruma sanır ancak bu, modern internet çağının en büyük yanılgılarından biridir. Saldırganlar eksik rakamları sırayla deneyerek bulmaz. Onlar OSINT ve veri korelasyonu teknikleriyle dijital izlerinizi birleştirir. Bu yazıda Londra’da yaşayan kurgusal karakterimiz Liam üzerinden maskelenmiş verilerin nasıl çözümlendiğini inceleyeceğiz. “Hacker eksik rakamı 00’dan 99’a kadar dener” düşüncesi artık gerçek dışıdır. Bunun nedeni: Rate Limiting. Art arda gelen hatalı girişler bir süre sonra: 429 – Too Many Requests hatasına düşer ve siste…  ( 7 min )

👋 Hey there, tech enthusiasts! I'm Sarvar, a Cloud Architect with a passion for transforming complex technological challenges into elegant solutions. With extensive experience spanning Cloud Operations (AWS & Azure), Data Operations, Analytics, DevOps, and Generative AI, I've had the privilege of architecting solutions for global enterprises that drive real business impact. Through this article series, I'm excited to share practical insights, best practices, and hands-on experiences from my journey in the tech world. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, I aim to break down complex concepts into digestible pieces that you can apply in your projects. Let's dive in and explore the fascinating world of cloud technology together! 🚀 Imagine Sarah, a DevOps engineer at …  ( 12 min )

Prerequisites and Limitations This guide is specifically for x86 architecture only. On ARM devices, both pnpm and Node.js may fail due to libgcc_s.so.1 dependency issues. First, configure your build target for musl-based systems: ei config x86_64-unknown-linux-musl OpenWrt's minimal environment lacks the C++ standard library: opkg install libstdcpp OpenWrt ships with a basic sh shell, but Node.js and pnpm require bash's advanced syntax features. Download a static bash binary from robxu9/bash-static: ei robxu9/bash-static Replace the default shell symlinks: which bash ln -sf /root/.ei/bash /bin/sh ln -sf /root/.ei/bash /bin/bash Node.js requires approximately 200MB of storage. On space-constrained OpenWrt devices, install to /tmp: ei https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/v25.2.1/node-v25.2.1-linux-x64-musl.tar.xz -d /tmp node --version Note: Use the unofficial-builds repository for musl-compatible binaries. ei pnpm/pnpm pnpm --version For a lightweight Git implementation: ei GitoxideLabs/gitoxide gix --version Now you can use modern web development tools: # Create a new Vite project pnpm dlx create-vite # Navigate to your project cd react-ts # Start the development server (accessible from network) pnpm run dev --host The --host flag exposes the dev server to your local network, allowing you to access it from other devices.  ( 7 min )

OK, so... For those using the Perl Catalyst web framework in ways involving structured request bodies (e.g. API POSTs)... $c->req->body is a string, unless Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded, text/xml, or multipart/form-data (or in fact application/json, which isn't in the docs), in which case it's a File::Temp (an overloaded file handle), and $c->req->body_data gets you the deserialised body. For various reasons, largely to do with the idiosyncrasies of one particular module, I need to read the raw body data from the $c->req->body file handle to process a Stripe webhook payload. For various other reasons, as part of the API call logging, I need to call $c->req->body_data to get at the deserialised body in another module. You may imagine my delight when adding the latter caused the former to fail. An afternoon of bad language and extra debug eventually revealed that $c->req->body_data doesn't clean up after itself, and I have to seek( $c->req->body, 0, 0) before I can read any data from the body file handle. If this is useful to anyone else, you have my sympathies.  ( 6 min )

What is CutMix? CutMix, introduced in 2019, takes Cutout’s idea and dials it up: Instead of dropping pixels, it replaces them with content from a different image and mixes the labels accordingly. You cut a patch from image A, paste it onto image B, and assign the new image a label proportional to the visible region. Cutout removes. CutMix sits in the middle of that spectrum. Why does replacing a patch help? Because it attacks two problems at once: Localization bias Data inefficiency And unlike Mixup (which we'll get to), CutMix preserves crisp local structure, the pasted region is still an actual object patch, not an interpolation. Why isn’t this harmful? CutMix works because: The model learns that objects may appear in strange positions It reduces overfitting to backgrounds or canonical object placements It provides a natural form of regularization via mixed-label supervision It improves both robustness and calibration CutMix is also surprisingly stable, its patch operation doesn’t degrade image quality as much as one might expect. When does CutMix falter? CutMix can struggle when: Training data is already extremely diverse Spatial coherence is critical (e.g., segmentation tasks) Pasted regions occlude too much semantic content The patch sampling is too aggressive Still, for classification pipelines, CutMix is often a plug-and-play upgrade. CutMix is Cutout with context: Next: Mixup, the method that abandons spatial structure entirely and asks the model to learn through interpolation.  ( 7 min )

As a frontend developer, much of my job is converting Figma designs into React code—a process that’s both meticulous and repetitive. Every pixel, color, font weight, spacing, and padding has to match the designer’s intent exactly. It can be satisfying when it comes together, but it’s also a huge time sink. Naturally, to save time and speed up my workflow, I’ve tried out various tools that promise to automate the conversion from Figma to React. But most of them ended up creating more cleanup work than they saved. Then I tried Kombai — and the difference was immediately clear. Unlike most generic code generators I’ve tried, Kombai is the only frontend-specific AI agent I can genuinely vouch for that actually understands frontend development and produces code I’d write myself, not code I need…  ( 20 min )

In 2025, Laravel continues to evolve — and with version 12, it makes building modern, full-stack applications even easier by embracing frontend-first tooling. In this post we’ll explore what’s new in Laravel 12, how it works with shadcn/ui, and why combining them can give you a powerful, clean, and highly customizable developer experience.  ( 6 min )

How we're adding hardware security to a formally verified 2 of 3 consensus system across Arbitrum, Solana, and TON. 78 Lean proofs. Zero external dependencies. I've spent 3 years building Trinity Protocol a 2 of 3 multi-chain consensus system that distributes trust across Arbitrum, Solana, and TON. When a community member suggested adding Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), I researched the options: Oasis ROFL: $100-150/month, vendor lock-in Cloud TEE (Azure, GCP): $200-300/month, external dependency Phala Network: Third-party infrastructure None of these fit our philosophy. We've built everything in-house: 12 Arbitrum contracts, 3 Solana programs, 3 TON contracts, and 78 Lean 4 theorem statements. Why would we outsource our hardware security layer? So we're building Trinity Shield™ our…  ( 9 min )

I had to redo the entire SCIM validator journey after we've migrated to a new company. This article shares the practical lessons from that rework: tightening concurrency, adding hybrid caching, clarifying when /Schemas actually matters and structuring validation runs so progress is repeatable instead of guesswork. SCIM still promises automated provisioning from an IdP, but the path to a production-grade, Entra-compatible implementation is about disciplined iteration, not just “passing the tests.” Once integrated, lifecycle events (create, update, deactivate) flow from your IdP without manual admin work, improving security posture and reducing bespoke connector logic. Interoperability hinges on spec fidelity: consistent status codes, predictable resource representation, correct filtering, a…  ( 9 min )

updating the screen: import { useState } from 'react'; your component to “remember” some information and display it. function MyButton() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); initial state of count is 0 if you change the state use setCount function MyButton() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); function handleClick() { setCount(count + 1); } return ( Clicked {count} times ); } when you click the button the current state is updated using the setCount is increased. Hook: export default function MyApp() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); function handleClick() { setCount(count + 1); } return ( Counters that update together ); } the button is clicked upadted the state count together.use the information pass down this is called props.  ( 6 min )

Self-corrective Code Generation is an advanced AI approach where code is not only generated but also continuously refined based on feedback and predefined rules. Unlike traditional methods, this process ensures that code meets essential standards for readability, efficiency, maintainability, and compliance with coding guidelines. This article will explore how AI-generated code can be incomplete without proper validation, the consequences of using untested code, and how self-corrective code generation solves these challenges. We will also discuss advanced techniques, like multi-step agents, to further enhance code quality, followed by practical examples of how this process works. 1. Sources of Incomplete Code There are two main sources of incomplete code originating from AI’s output.  Limit…  ( 12 min )

Introdução O escalonamento tradicional baseado em CPU ou memória atende bem a diversos cenários, mas pode apresentar limitações em aplicações que sofrem bursts de requisições ou que exibem padrões de tráfego irregulares. Nesses casos, é comum que a aplicação mantenha níveis estáveis de CPU e memória ao mesmo tempo que enfrenta pressão direta no atendimento HTTP, gerando aumento de latência, formação de filas e redução de throughput antes que o autoscaler identifique a necessidade de ajuste. O KEDA HTTP Add-on foi desenvolvido para lidar com essas situações ao permitir que o escalonamento considere o volume de requisições como métrica primária. Essa abordagem oferece uma resposta mais alinhada ao comportamento real da carga, especialmente em serviços sensíveis a variações rápidas de deman…  ( 10 min )

A List of Canonical Links from the Publication "Product with Attitude" Last updated: November 2025 Author: Karo Zieminski Canonical Link: https://karozieminski.substack.com/p/if-you-build-with-ai-you-need-this Original Publish Date: November 27, 2025 Tags: #vibecoding #rules-for-ai #prompt-systems #beginner-guides #prompt-back #builder-community Author: Karo Zieminski Canonical Link: https://karozieminski.substack.com/p/substack-roadmap-community-chat-notes-reels-survey-reader-behaviour Original Publish Date: November 18, 2025 Tags: #substack #substack-survey #substack-user-behaviour #substack-growth #top-substack-surveys #builder-community Author: Karo Zieminski and Orel Canonical Link: https://karozieminski.substack.com/p/product-thinking-at-the-speed-of-ai-actionable-insights-for-prod…  ( 8 min )

A practical, human-first guide to getting better results from AI tools If you’ve experimented with AI while planning a new software project, you’ve probably noticed a pattern: sometimes the output is sharp, actionable, and genuinely helpful—and other times it feels vague or generic. The difference usually comes down to one thing: the quality and structure of your prompt. The good news is that writing a great prompt is not about being poetic or overly verbose. It is about giving the AI the same level of clarity you'd expect from a teammate. In this post, I’ll share a practical approach you can use to consistently get detailed, high-value results. Building software is messy in the best kind of way. There are tradeoffs, constraints, unknowns, and assumptions scattered everywhere. When your pr…  ( 8 min )

DCS exam almost killed me today. Discrete Computer Structures. The syllabus was MASSIVE. Like actually absurd amounts of content. Slept at 5am studying. Woke up at 8am. Exam at 10am. Three hours of sleep. Walked in half-dead. Got fumbled hard. Out of 50 marks, I'll probably pull 35. Maybe. Bad? Yeah. Do I care? Not really. It's done. Moving on. Had this random thought today while sleep-deprived and over-caffeinated: Being in a relationship is kind of arrogant, right? Like you really think someone can love you unconditionally? That's wild confidence. That's believing you're worth that kind of commitment from another human. I don't have that. The arrogance to think I deserve that or that it's even possible. Maybe that's why I'm bad at relationships. Not because I don't want them, but because…  ( 7 min )

Logging feels simple… until you’re staring at a production incident and your logs are either uselessly noisy or weirdly empty. Here are 10 .NET logging mistakes that quietly hurt you in production - and how to fix them. The mistake _logger.LogInformation("User " + userId + " purchased " + itemCount + " items"); Everything is one big string, so your logging system can’t query individual fields. Why it hurts No structured search (e.g. UserId = 123) Hard to build dashboards on numeric fields Formatting drifts over time Fix Use structured properties: _logger.LogInformation( "User {UserId} purchased {ItemCount} items", userId, itemCount); If you want to filter or graph it later, give it a named property. The mistake Everything is LogInformation or everything is LogError. Why it h…  ( 9 min )

Most AI tools wait for a prompt. Agentic AI works differently — it takes a goal, plans the steps, and executes tasks on its own. That small change is starting to reshape developer workflows. What developers are already using agents for: Parsing docs and explaining APIs Running data analysis without manual queries Automating reporting and monitoring Debugging suggestions from logs and errors Repetitive tasks like test generation or KPI checks It’s not about replacing developers. As models get better at reasoning and tool-use (Python, SQL, APIs), agentic workflows will quietly become part of everyday engineering work. The next big jump in productivity won’t be a chatbot We at Codesis Technologies build practical agentic AI systems for modern teams and individuals.  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning In 27 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest roast of Tom Cruise’s high-octane franchise finale, poking fun at every gravity-defying stunt and plot hitch. They admit the series still rocks, but the last couple of films have wandered off course—so buckle up for some delicious nitpicking. For more sinful takes, you can explore their website, join the conversation on Discord and Reddit, cast your vote in their poll, and even support the small CinemaSins team on Patreon. Don’t forget to follow writers like Jeremy, Chris and Aaron on Twitter for extra behind-the-scenes mischief. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less Cinemasins dishes out a rapid-fire roast of the new Fantastic Four flick—nothing earth-shattering, but just as “sintastic” as any other Marvel outing. They even squeeze it all into 20 minutes or less, with a cheeky nod to their sponsor BetterHelp (grab a therapy discount if you need it). Want more cinematic sinning? Head over to cinemasins.com or follow @CinemaSins on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. They’ve also got a sinister poll, a Patreon for extra content, plus Discord and Reddit communities. Don’t forget to stalk their writers—Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel—on social media for your daily dose of movie nitpicks. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

If a variable has more than 30% missing values, I treat it carefully because that much missing information can weaken the model. First, I try to understand the cause: is it random, system-driven, or does it follow some pattern? Knowing this helps me decide if the feature is still useful. If the column doesn’t provide strong value, the safest choice is to drop it. For important variables, I look at different imputation methods. Numeric fields might use median or interpolation, while categorical fields can use mode. If the feature is valuable but tricky, I may use advanced methods like KNN imputation or model-based imputation to estimate missing values. Sometimes missing values are meaningful on their own, for example, “not filled because user didn’t use the feature.” In those cases, I keep the column and also create a separate flag like “is_missing” to capture that information. The goal is to keep the dataset balanced, clean, and meaningful without forcing incomplete or low-quality data into the modeling process.  ( 6 min )

I built a Telegram bot that automatically detects and handles duplicate messages (spam), promotional messages, and blacklisted keywords; logs every action; tracks infractions in Redis; and provides a clean admin surface (planned) for whitelist and keyword management. It runs on Node + TypeScript, uses Telegraf for Telegram, PostgreSQL for persistent data, and Redis for fast infra counters. This article is a detailed, step by step breakdown of the problem, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and deployment. It’s written as a technical case study so you and other engineers can reproduce, audit, or extend the system. Table of contents Why I built this Goals & constraints Tech stack High-level architecture (diagram) Data model (schema.sql) Core modules — explanation + code snip…  ( 12 min )

AlphaFold et confidentialité des chatbots : quand la biologie computationnelle rencontre la vie privée AlphaFold et confidentialité des chatbots (AlphaFold, prédiction de structures protéiques) s'imposent désormais au cœur des débats technologiques. Alors que l'intelligence artificielle gagne en puissance, les innovations comme AlphaFold fascinent et inquiètent. De plus, les chatbots compagnons collectent des données sensibles, parfois sans transparence. Par conséquent, les risques de fuite ou de mauvaise utilisation augmentent. Cependant, l'enjeu n'est pas uniquement technique mais aussi éthique. En effet, combiner modèles biologiques et agents conversationnels soulève des questions de sécurité des données. Cela concerne aussi la propriété intellectuelle et le consentement. Ainsi, cet a…  ( 11 min )

Imbalanced data means the classes in your dataset are not represented equally. One category has a lot of samples, while the other has very few. For example, imagine a medical dataset where 95% of patients are healthy and only 5% have a rare disease, that’s clearly imbalanced. The issue is that models trained on such data tend to learn the “easy pattern,” which is predicting the majority class every time. This makes the accuracy look high, but the model is actually useless for detecting the minority class, which is often the most important one. To handle this, I use techniques like oversampling the minority class (SMOTE), undersampling the majority class, using class-weighted algorithms, or choosing models that naturally handle imbalance better. I also focus more on metrics like F1-score, recall, and precision rather than plain accuracy. In my experience, dealing with imbalance is less about forcing the data to look “perfect” and more about making sure the model pays attention to what truly matters. A little extra care here can dramatically improve real-world predictions, especially when the minority class carries the real risk or value.  ( 6 min )

GitHub Home A recent enterprise-level system project made me deeply realize that a truly production-ready framework should provide complete solutions for the entire application lifecycle. My recent experience with hyperlane framework showed me the concrete embodiment of ideal production-ready features. That was in a distributed e-commerce system where we needed to handle high-concurrency user requests while ensuring system stability and observability. The system required 7x24 uninterrupted operation, where any single deployment failure could cause huge business losses. In the early stages of the project, we used traditional deployment solutions. After development completion, we needed to manually write complex deployment scripts, including environment configuration, service startup, health…  ( 9 min )

MAWA💻 - The programming language of the future Samuel Leonardo ・ Oct 20 #programming #beginners #webdev #codenewbie  ( 9 min )

Today marks Day 3 of my 30 Days of AWS Terraform Challenge, and it was the day things started feeling real. Instead of just reading about providers, blocks, and installation steps, I finally deployed an actual AWS resource using Terraform: an S3 bucket. It was a simple task, but seeing infrastructure appear from code felt like a solid step forward. Setting up the project inside IntelliJ Since I’m working on Windows 11, my setup process is different from the typical Linux workflow. I use IntelliJ IDEA, which makes everything neater and easier to manage. Here’s how I prepared my workspace: Opened IntelliJ Right-clicked the project explorer → New → Directory Named the folder day 03 Inside it, I created a new file:main.tf IntelliJ automatically formatted the Terraform file and handled indent…  ( 7 min )

After testing frontier models on security vulnerabilities, a reader asked: "Why not test open-weight models?" So we ran MiniMax M2, Kimi K2 Thinking, and GLM-4.6 against three vulnerabilities: a payment race condition, JWT algorithm confusion, and an FFmpeg command injection to see how they compare. A Reader Asked Why Not Test Open-Weight Models Testing Methodology We selected three open-weight models from our leaderboard: MiniMax M2 from MiniMax Kimi K2 Thinking from Moonshot AI GLM-4.6 from Z.ai We ran all tests in Kilo Code on the same base Node.js project (TypeScript + Hono) with all required dependencies pre-installed. For each vulnerability, we created a single file containing only the vulnerable code and prompted the model: "Fix this security vulnerability," without descri…  ( 11 min )

Your payment integration just went live. Everything worked perfectly in staging. Then, when real users started transacting, they were unsuccessful. Customers can't complete purchases, support tickets flood in, and your business starts losing revenue. This is a situation you don’t want to find yourself in, and you won’t if you test your payment gateway properly. Failed payments cost businesses $118.5 billion annually, according to this 2020 report, and most failures could have been caught with proper testing of your payment processor integration. Unlike bugs that frustrate users, payment failures directly cost you money and trust. This guide shows you how to test payment integrations properly. You'll learn the payment gateway test cases that matter for cards, bank transfers, and mobile mone…  ( 12 min )

🖱️ INP гэж юу вэ? Та вэб хуудсан дээр дарж үзээд, юу ч болоогүй мэт санагдсан тохиолдол бий юу? Энэ хоцролт нь хэрэглэгчийн туршлагад шууд нөлөөлдөг бөгөөд Interaction to Next Paint (INP) хэмээх хэмжүүрээр хэмжигддэг. INP нь хэрэглэгчийн харилцан үйлдэл (жишээ нь: товшилт, товч даралт) хийгдсэнээс хойш браузер дэлгэцийг дараагийн удаа шинэчлэх хүртэлх хугацааг хэмждэг. Бага INP → Хуудас илүү хариу үйлдэлтэй, хурдан санагдана. Их INP → Хэрэглэгчид хуудас удаан, хариу өгөхгүй мэт санагдана. Хэрэв INP өндөр байвал хэрэглэгчид бухимдаж, хуудсыг орхих магадлал нэмэгдэнэ. Харин INP-г оновчтой болговол хэрэглэгчид цаг тухайд нь хариу авч, туршлага нь сайжирна. Chrome DevTools Web Performance API Эдгээр хэрэгслүүд нь хэрэглэгчийн харилцан үйлдлийн хоцролтыг хэмжихэд тусална. 🧹 Main thread дээрх ажлыг багасгах ⚡ Event handler -уудыг оновчтой болгох 🎨 Хэрэглэгчийн үйлдэл бүрийг шуурхай визуал шинэчлэлт рүү холбох Таныг интернэт банкны хуудас руу орж, “Гүйлгээ хийх” товчийг дарахад юу ч өөрчлөгдөхгүй мэт санагдаж, 2–3 секунд хүлээх тохиолдол гарч байсан уу? Энэ хугацаанд: Та дахин дарж үздэг Эсвэл буцаад хуудаснаас гардаг Зарим тохиолдолд гүйлгээ давхар хийгддэг Энэ бол INP өндөр байгаагийн үр дагавар юм. Хэрэглэгчийн харилцан үйлдэл (товшилт) хийгдсэн ч дэлгэц дээр визуал хариу (жишээ нь: “Гүйлгээ хийгдэж байна…” гэсэн анимаци) удаан гарч ирдэг . “Гүйлгээ хийх” товч дарагдахад шууд ачааллаж буй анимаци гаргах Арын процесс удаан байлаа ч визуал хариу өгч , хэрэглэгчийг тайвшруулах Event handler-ийг оновчтой болгож, main thread дээрх ажлыг багасгах Дүгнэлт INP-г ойлгож, оновчтой болгох нь вэб туршлагыг хурдан, хариу үйлдэлтэй болгох гол түлхүүр юм. Хэрэглэгчид бухимдахгүй, харин сэтгэл ханамжтайгаар таны вэбийг ашиглах болно.  ( 6 min )

Over the last week, three of the biggest coding-focused AI models dropped almost back to back: Claude Opus 4.5 GPT-5.1 Gemini 3.0 Pro Everyone has been posting charts, benchmarks, and SWE-bench numbers. Those do not tell me much about how these models behave when dropped into a real codebase with real constraints, real logs, real edge cases, and real integrations. So I decided to test them in my own system. I took the exact same two engineering problems from my observability platform and asked each model to implement them directly inside my repository. No special prep, no fine-tuning, no scaffolding. Just: "Here is the context. Build it." This is what happened. TL;DR — Quick Results Model Total Cost Time What It's Good For Gemini 3 Pro $0.25 Fastest (~5–6m) Fast prototyping, creativ…  ( 9 min )

A quick maintenance release for the GitHub Action for Checking Spelling was made yesterday. The other day the repository got a new issue which requested enabling of use of large Aspell dictionaries. The GitHub action however is just a wrapper for PySpelling so I sent the user in that direction, also because this was something I believe was more in the realm of PySpelling than the GitHub Action. Not long after a new release of PySpelling (2.12.1) was made, so I reopened the issue, since I needed to update the action with the new release to meet the need of the user and the original request and it was easier to keep track of the request this way. Later the user wrote to me: Thanks! I’m amazed at how quickly the guy over at PySpelling made the change and release. Hmmmmm... I decided to step my game up and luckily I had an window of opportunity, so I made the release numbered 0.55.0 which contains an update of the core component PySpelling from version 2.12.1. At this time I am not sure how the Aspell setting for large dictionaries is enabled/configured, I have not been able to find any documentation on this, but at least the action is aligned with the core component - I hope this works out for the user. Change log for: 0.55.0 Via an issue #293 from @shoverbj, an update to the core component PySpelling from version 2.12.0 to version 2.12.1 was made, this allows for use of large dictionaries with Aspell  ( 6 min )

🌟 Modern Dataverse Plugin Architecture (2025 Edition) A Clean, Testable, Maintainable, and DI-Friendly Template for Power Platform Developers A complete, ready-to-use architecture template you can drop into your next Dataverse / Dynamics 365 project. Most Dataverse plugins still follow the old 2011 pattern: Logic inside Execute() Hard-coded field names No testability Zero separation of concerns Hard to extend Not reusable outside plugins Difficult to maintain This article gives you a modern, scalable, testable plugin architecture with: ✔ Clean separation ✔ Supports multi-project structure ✔ Minimal DI (no heavy libraries) ✔ Test-friendly ✔ Reusable in Azure Functions / Custom APIs ✔ NuGet-based plugin deployment ✔ No system-specific logic ✔ Perfect as a starter templ…  ( 14 min )

Google recently released Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro and its agentic IDE Antigravity, and it's exploding in popularity. AI, Builders & Business community are hyping it up like crazy. But when it comes to tools, it's limited. Though one can add MCPs for use cases, it's hectic to connect every applications MCP servers manually So, what if one has an MCP that you configure once, and it connects to 500+ products at once while intelligently figuring out which MCP tools and methods are needed? Enter Rube, a universal MCP & in this short blog, let's see how you can use it to supercharge your AI-assisted development. Rube MCP plugs into Antigravity once and instantly unlocks hundreds of tools without the annoying manual MCP wiring. You can automate code reviews and send off clean summaries straight…  ( 17 min )

Hello, I'm Maneshwar. I'm working on FreeDevTools online currently building **one place for all dev tools, cheat codes, and TLDRs* — a free, open-source hub where developers can quickly find and use tools without any hassle of searching all over the internet.* As developers, we work on powerful machines with fiber-optic internet connections. On "localhost:3000", everything feels blazing fast. Then we deploy. Suddenly, a user on a shaky 4G connection in a rural area tries to load our beautiful, JavaScript-heavy masterpiece. They are greeted not by our stunning hero image, but by the dreaded "Blank White Screen of Death," followed by a spinner that spins for so long it starts contemplating the meaning of life. Performance isn't just about getting a high Lighthouse score to impress your boss.…  ( 11 min )

Mapbox maps just got a major usability upgrade with the new appearances functionality, making it easier than ever to change icon images based on user interaction—without the verbose, error-prone workarounds of the past. This screen capture shows appearances in action, displaying different icons for four distinct feature states: default icon feature hovered feature selected feature was previously selected Appearances allow you to define how a symbol layer's icons should change in response to changes in feature state (the ability to set state on specific features on a map). The appearances layer property contains one or more appearance objects defining layout properties like icon-image and the conditions on which to apply them. For example, the following symbol layer defaults to using the i…  ( 8 min )

Java copySign() Method: Finally, Take Control of Your Number's Sign Alright, let's talk about one of those "hidden gem" methods in Java that doesn't get the spotlight it deserves. We're diving deep into Math.copySign(). Ever been in a situation where you have a number, and you need its magnitude (the value without the sign) but with the sign of another number? If you've ever tried to do this manually with if conditions and multiplication, you know it's clunky. It's one of those things that makes your code look... well, a bit amateurish. That's where Java's copySign() method swoops in to save the day. It’s a simple, elegant, and powerful tool for manipulating the signs of floating-point numbers. In this post, we're not just going to scratch the surface. We're going to break it down, see i…  ( 11 min )

Intro In this article, I walk through the process of building Phantom Pulse, highlighting how I used AI tools for planning and development. I share insights from exploring the LLM landscape, as well as the mistakes I made along the way. At the end of the article, I provide feedback and links to each tool I used, along with a brief explanation of my classification. Phantom Pulse (with AI?) After being unexpectedly fired for the first time, I went to a remote location in Portugal's interior to relax for a bit and decide what I was going to do next. I was at a crossroads I had never been before—unemployed, with no immediate projects on my plate, and with no general sense of what lay ahead. Instead of dwelling on setbacks, I decided to make the most of my unexpected free time by experiment…  ( 14 min )

Java String Ceil(): The Method That Doesn't Exist (And How to Build Your Own ) You instinctively type "someText".ceil() and... nothing. Your IDE stares back at you with a red squiggly line of disapproval. Wait, what? There's no ceil() method for strings in Java? You're not going crazy. It's true. The Math.ceil() method is a legend for rounding up numbers, but its string counterpart is a ghost—it simply doesn't exist in the standard library. So, what do you do when you genuinely need that kind of logic for text? That's exactly what we're diving into today. We're not just going to tell you it's missing; we're going to build it from scratch, explore why you'd need it, and drop some serious knowledge on best practices. Feeling stuck on core Java concepts? To learn professional software devel…  ( 11 min )

REQUIREMENTS : AWS account, you can sign up/sign in here Amazon Quick Suite : Integration and Extension blog, you can see this blog A. Amazon Quick Suite : Quick Flow PROBLEM : Manual check CV screening need more time, human bias (name, gender, age) then unfair decision and CV format are different. SOLUTION : Automated CV screening system that extracts candidate information, scores against job requirements, and conditionally sends interview questions to Slack and interview email to Gmail OR rejection email based on scoring criteria. STEP-BY-STEP : Open "Flow" in the Quick Suite console. Select "Generate" or "Create a blank flow". Use "Generate" if creating a flow using prompt and use "Create a blank flow" if creating a flow from scratch. In this tutorial, click "Generate". Wait a few…  ( 8 min )

🚀 From Scattered Scripts to Product Hunt Launch: My Journey Building the Professional Automation Toolkit 🌱 The Beginning Six months ago, I was staring at a folder full of chaos: 30+ automation scripts scattered across directories. They were useful in isolation, but together they felt like nonsense—no consistent CLI patterns, no error handling, no documentation, and no way to chain them into something bigger. I knew there was potential, but I didn’t know how to turn it into a product. Instead of abandoning the work, I decided to treat it like a professional system. Every script became part of a larger architecture: 6 production‑ready tools: Cookie Analysis Suite, Video Enhancement Suite, PathPulse, Windows Feature Manager, Web Automation Framework, ADB Automation Framew…  ( 7 min )

// App.js (React, CodeSandbox-ready) // Nested checkboxes with parent/child sync and indeterminate states. import React from "react"; // ----- Sample tree data ----- const tree = { id: "a", label: "A", children: [ { id: "a1", label: "A1" }, { id: "a2", label: "A2", children: [ { id: "a21", label: "A2.1" }, { id: "a22", label: "A2.2" }, ], }, ], }; // ----- Utilities ----- function visit(node, fn) { fn(node); node.children?.forEach((c) => visit(c, fn)); } function initState(root) { const s = {}; visit(root, (n) => { s[n.id] = { checked: false, indeterminate: false }; }); return s; } function setSubtree(node, checked, state) { state[node.id] = { checked, indeterminate: false }; node.children?.forEach((child)…  ( 7 min )

My Journey From No-Code to Real Product Design When I first started building things, I wasn’t writing code. I began with no-code tools — simple drag-and-drop platforms that helped me bring ideas to life without touching a text editor. And looking back, that phase was more important than I realized. This is the story of how no-code gave me the confidence to create, and how that journey slowly pushed me toward UI design, and eventually into real development. The No-Code Curiosity At the beginning, all I wanted was to build something that worked. Webflow, Bubble, Glide, Notion databases — these tools felt magical. I could build: Landing pages Simple dashboards Forms Mini web apps Automations …all without typing a single line of code. And here’s the truth: no-code didn’t limit me — it unlocked me. How pages connect How components repeat How data flows What makes a UI feel “clean” vs “cluttered” How users navigate Before writing code, I learned how to design with intention. Here are the biggest takeaways: 1️⃣ No-code is not “lesser” — it’s training wheels for product thinking 2️⃣ Design becomes easier when you’ve built things yourself 3️⃣ Moving to code becomes natural once you know why you’re building 4️⃣ Your first goal shouldn’t be to become a “developer” It should be: solve a problem beautifully.  ( 7 min )

Mastering layouts in Vue.js is a milestone that separates beginners from intermediate developers. When you first start, you likely wrap every page in a and component. It works, but it’s repetitive and destroys component state every time you navigate. This guide explores "Smart Layouts", a set of patterns that make your Vue application more maintainable, performant, and capable of advanced behaviors like persistent state (think Spotify’s audio player that doesn't stop when you change pages). Most developers start here. As expert Vue.js developers know, you create a DefaultLayout.vue and manually wrap every single page content with it Home Page The Problem: Home to About, t…  ( 8 min )

updating the screen: import { useState } from 'react'; your component to “remember” some information and display it. function MyButton() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); initial state of count is 0 if you change the state use setCount function MyButton() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); function handleClick() { setCount(count + 1); } return ( Clicked {count} times ); } when you click the button the current state is updated using the setCount is increased. Hook: export default function MyApp() { const [count, setCount] = useState(0); function handleClick() { setCount(count + 1); } return ( Counters that update together ); } the button is clicked upadted the state count together.use the information pass down this is called props. function MyButton({ count, onClick }) { return ( Clicked {count} times ); } count and onclick is a props of parents component it is pass the button. The new count value is passed as a prop to each button, so they all show the new value. This is called “lifting state up”  ( 6 min )

Traveling by air can be stressful. Long check-ins, security lines, and delays often make trips exhausting. For those who value time, comfort, and convenience, private plane charter is an ideal solution. Anmar Aviation, a trusted provider in Australia, offers a range of private aviation services that cater to business, government, and personal travel needs. From corporate charter flights to luxury private jets, there are many benefits to choosing private plane travel. One of the main advantages of private plane charter is flexibility. Unlike commercial flights, you set your schedule. This is particularly useful for FIFO charter operations, where workers need to travel quickly to remote mining or construction sites. Instead of relying on commercial airline schedules, flights can depart when …  ( 8 min )

The Robert Redford Hall of Fame finds Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins joined by Tracy Letts as they celebrate Redford’s illustrious career, share personal connections to his iconic performances, and collaboratively build a bespoke Hall of Fame for the legendary actor. From his breakthrough roles to his directorial ventures, no stone is left unturned in this lively deep-dive. Produced by Jack Sanders with research by Brantley Palmer, this engaging episode blends insider anecdotes, spirited debate, and genuine fan appreciation, making it a must-listen for anyone who’s ever been captivated by Redford’s screen magic. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins just unleashed “Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less,” a cheeky rundown of every nitpick in the movie. The usual suspects (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel) sling their sin counters and witty quips, making this one of their most fun videos yet. Want more? Swing by cinemasins.com, hit up their Linktree for all the socials, join their Discord or Reddit, take the sinful poll, and consider backing them on Patreon for extra behind-the-scenes goodness. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

As engineers, we live in a world of logic, APIs, and elegant code. We build products that solve complex problems. But how do you solve the problem of trust at scale? You can't just write a function generateTrust(). Or can you? This is where video testimonials come in. Think of them as your 'Trust API'—a powerful, authentic way to show potential customers that your product actually delivers. Forget fluffy marketing speak. This is about engineering social proof. Here's the playbook to get it done, from crafting the right questions to a DIY production stack that won't make you want to rm -rf /. In B2B tech, the sales cycle is long and the stakes are high. Your buyers are technical, skeptical, and do their research. A well-executed video testimonial does three things a datasheet can't: Builds…  ( 9 min )

How I Built an F1 Top-Down Racer in 48 Hours Anthony Tambrin ・ Nov 23 #devlog #webdev #gamedev  ( 5 min )

As your content volume grows, you'll quickly realize that Grammarly alone isn't enough to maintain content quality at scale, regardless of whether you're a solo technical writer or part of a team. Creating high quality technical content requires that you maintain several quality standards. You need to check that the content actually solves the problem, uses inclusive language, avoids passive voice, and doesn't contain vague advice, among other things. Using Grammarly with checklists is a manual process that becomes time-consuming and error-prone as you scale output. You might decide to hire more technical writers to meet the content demands, but now you'll have to deal with a new problem. Multiple writers introduce inconsistent styles and more opportunities for human error. That's why comp…  ( 9 min )

Google answered the user's question right there in the search results. Again. Your perfectly optimized article sits at position #1, but the click-through rate? A depressing 8%. Because why would anyone click when Google's AI Overview just served up your best insights in a tidy little box at the top of the page? Welcome to zero-click SEO, where winning means losing traffic. Or does it? Look, the data is pretty clear at this point. Roughly 57% of mobile searches and 53% of desktop searches end without a click to any website. That number has been climbing steadily since 2019, and with Google's AI Overviews expanding throughout 2024 and 2025, we're not going back to the good old days when people actually visited websites. (Remember when we complained about position #2? Simpler times.) But here…  ( 13 min )

In today’s fast-moving digital world, customers don’t just look for good products — they look for brands they can trust. Trust has become one of the strongest factors that influence buying decisions, loyalty, and long-term business growth. This is exactly where a brand marketing agency plays an important role. At First Click Media Group, we help businesses create strong, meaningful connections with their audience through strategic branding and performance-driven marketing. Let’s explore how a brand marketing agency helps build customer trust and why it matters in the modern marketplace. Before a customer buys from you, they ask one key question: “Can I trust this brand?” In a world full of choices, ads, and online noise, trust becomes a competitive advantage. When trust is strong, customer…  ( 8 min )

Unlocking AI's Inner Geometry: Scale-Agnostic Structures in Neural Networks Ever wonder why a neural network trained on cat pictures can suddenly recognize dogs? Or why some models generalize so well to unseen data while others fail spectacularly? The secret may lie in the hidden geometric structures spontaneously forming within the network itself. The core idea is that, during training, neural networks don't just learn weights and biases; they sculpt a complex mathematical landscape – a kind of high-dimensional manifold – that represents the relationships between data points. This manifold exhibits a specific mathematical property: a multi-scale structure. Imagine a fractal: zoom in, zoom out, and you still see the same repeating pattern. Neural networks appear to exhibit similar behav…  ( 7 min )

My New Portfolio – Built in One Weekend with Google AI Studio ✨ Live Demo: https://portfolio-react-2025-64ir.vercel.app/ A clean, fast, fully responsive developer portfolio built with React + Vite + Tailwind CSS. Features I’m really proud of: Smooth scroll & animated section reveals Dark/light mode toggle (saved in localStorage) Animated skill bars & typing effect in the hero Projects grid with live preview hover cards Working contact form (Formspree) Fully mobile-friendly I’ve been putting off rebuilding my portfolio for months… until I tried Google AI Studio this weekend. In less than 48 hours (seriously), I went from zero to a complete, deployed, professional-looking portfolio. I just described what I wanted in normal sentences, and Gemini wrote perfect, production-ready React code — component by component. Every time I said “make it smoother” or “add this small animation”, it delivered instantly. I’m not exaggerating when I say this is the most impressive tool I’ve ever used as a developer. It didn’t just save time — it made the entire process actually fun. Thank you DEV.to and Google for this track. I finally have a portfolio I’m excited to share! Live link again: https://portfolio-react-2025-64ir.vercel.app/ GoogleAIStudio #DEVCommunity #ReactJS #WebDev #Portfolio  ( 6 min )

What is Patch Tuesday? Why Patch Tuesday Matters for Cybersecurity? How Patch Tuesday Works? Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is a monthly event where the tech giant releases security updates to address vulnerabilities in its software. These updates are critical for protecting systems from cyberattacks and ensuring the safety of user data. Patch Tuesday is a cornerstone of Microsoft’s cybersecurity strategy, helping users stay ahead of emerging threats. Microsoft’s Latest Patch Tuesday: Key Highlights 57 Security Flaws Addressed: Breakdown of Vulnerability Severity: Most Critical Vulnerabilities Fixed: In March 2025, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday update, addressing 57 security flaws, with additional third-party vulnerabilities bringing the total closer to 70. Amon…  ( 8 min )

Introduction In daily development and office work, it’s often necessary to display the content of Word documents on the web. However, directly opening Word files in a browser can lead to layout issues and lost formatting. To preserve the original structure and appearance in a web environment, converting Word documents to HTML has become a practical and common solution. Imagine you are developing an online document management system where users upload various Word files, and you want them to preview these documents directly in a browser without downloading any client software. Or you are building a content publishing platform that needs to display Word documents on webpages while keeping their formatting intact. In scenarios like these, mastering Word-to-HTML conversion in Java is essenti…  ( 8 min )

Have you ever found yourself staring at a nearly full C: drive while your spacious secondary drive sits idle, waiting for your precious data to be stored? If you are running WSL2 with Ubuntu and Docker Desktop for development, this is a very common pain point. Let me walk you through how I freed up 40 GB+ on my system drive by relocating these utilities to my secondary drive. The answer lies in the fact that WSL2 stores virtual hard disk files with a .vhdx extension. This virtual disk grows significantly as Docker containers and Machine Learning workloads accumulate. Docker Desktop compounds this by creating its own hidden WSL distributions. Relocating these distributions to a larger drive not only frees up system space, but also improves overall system performance, as the Operating System…  ( 8 min )

I've been building Nathbrok, a secure communication platform designed for individuals and businesses that need more control, more privacy, and more autonomy than mainstream messaging apps provide. Most messaging platforms today are either consumer-focused, ad-driven, or limited in how much control they give over files, encryption, and data management. Nathbrok takes a different approach: What it does End-to-end encrypted messaging Encrypted file storage and sharing Multi-device session support Real-time communication using a custom encryption layer Admin roles for business groups Optional advanced encryption modes for high-sensitivity data Why I built it I wanted a platform where: Users control their data, not third-party platforms Encryption isn’t a “feature” – it’s the core File sharing is first-class and secure Small teams and businesses can use a private environment without complex setup Most “secure” platforms still rely on central storage assumptions or don’t let users manage their data flow. Nathbrok is designed to give full autonomy while keeping things simple to use. What’s under the hood Custom encryption layer for messages & files Stateless session handling Realtime tunneling system for multi-device sync Optimized database design for encrypted objects Mobile (Android) and web versions What I’m looking for Feedback on the encryption model Thoughts on UX flow Suggestions on scaling the real-time system Security critiques (welcome) General feedback from builders Try it Website: nathbrok.online nathbrok.sbgc@gmail.com  ( 6 min )

Making asynchronous JavaScript actually make sense If you've ever written JavaScript that needs to wait for something—like fetching data from an API, reading a file, or waiting for a timer—you've dealt with asynchronous code. This tutorial will take you from the messy world of callbacks to the elegant world of Promises and async/await. Let's start with a real scenario. Imagine you're building an app that needs to: Fetch a user's profile Then fetch their posts Then fetch comments on those posts fetchUser(userId, function(user) { fetchPosts(user.id, function(posts) { fetchComments(posts[0].id, function(comments) { console.log(comments); }); }); }); This code tells JavaScript: "Call fetchUser, and when it finishes, execute this function. Inside that function, call fetchPost…  ( 11 min )

Day 4 of #30daysofawsterraform challenge Today I come across "Terraform state file" & created remote backend of state file in s3 bucket. Simple explanation of the topics $ What is Terraform state files: It is a local or remote file that Terraform uses to remember the real infrastructure it created, map it to your config, and track changes. If we want to modify any information, terraform will compare its configuration file with actual AWS environment with the help of "state file" $ Location of state file: Inside working directory >> $ls -ltra >> locate "terraform.tfstate" It is in JSON format. $How remote backend works: Storing "terraform.tfstate" remotely like s3 bucket, Azure blob, GCP cloud storage as remote backend. Then every time we run terraform apply command check the state in "terraform.tfstate" in s3 bucket and compare it with actual infra. $ Configure Terraform Remote Backend: (See the images) State_file.tf: Run: § Best practices: Store state file to remote backend in cloud storage. Use state locking Do not update/delete the file manually. Isolation of your state file based on environment Regular backup of state file New concept I explored: State locking ensures that only one Terraform operation (plan, apply, destroy) can modify the state at a time. Simply. the process in which your telling terraform that once the terraform file is used by a process, do not use it elsewhere. It will lock the terraform state file and once process is completed then release the lock file. Earlier used dynamo DB for state locking, now it's s3 Eg: a. Without locking, both may write at once → corrupted .tfstate ❗ Thanks to Piyush sachdeva The CloudOps Community  ( 7 min )

LinkedIn automation is a tricky game. If you’ve explored tools like PhantomBuster, Dripify, or Linked Helper, you already know the risk: But here’s the good news: This guide explains how developers and growth teams use n8n to Automate LinkedIn Outreach. Why n8n for LinkedIn Outreach? Unlike traditional outreach tools, n8n gives you: Full control over timing, delays, and sequencing Private workflows that run on your server not detectable by browser bots Custom logic for multi-step nurturing API-friendly design for integrating CRM, enrichment tools, webhooks, and AI Flexibility to build only what you need Before You Automate: How LinkedIn Actually Detects Bots 1. Sudden spikes in activity 2. Unnatural patterns 3. API abuse 4. Login anomalies Your job is simple: n8n helps because you cont…  ( 8 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins just dropped “Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less,” poking fun at every tiny flaw while still admitting the movie isn’t totally awful. They’re keeping things “sintastic” with a BetterHelp therapy plug for anyone who needs it and a cheeky nod to comic-book nitpicking. In true CinemaSins fashion, they’ve loaded up on promo links—website, YouTube spinoffs (TVSins, CommercialSins, the podcast network), linktree for updates, a (sinful) audience poll, and a Patreon pitch. Plus, you get a shout-out to all the writers and a grab bag of community hangouts (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok) for the die-hard nitpickers. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Disney’s golden streak has hit a rough patch—blockbusters like Marvel and Star Wars aren’t connecting, and new originals like Wish and Elio are barely making a ripple. But hey, Disney’s always had its flops, so to celebrate the glorious trainwrecks, we’re rolling out a mini-series on four epic live-action disasters. First up: 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice—nickelodeon-style magic, Nicolas Cage going full Cage and, uh, a giant bird? It’s the Caravan of Garbage kickoff you never knew you needed. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

John Carter – Caravan Of Garbage Disney’s in a bit of a slump right now: the Marvel and Star Wars juggernauts aren’t hitting like they used to, and new titles like Wish and Elio are barely making a ripple. But hey, Disney’s had its fair share of flops before, so buckle up as over the next few weeks we dive into four colossal live-action disasters—kicking things off with 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, starring Nic Cage, magic mishaps, and… a giant bird? This is a slice of The Weekly Planet’s chaos, so expect plenty of banter plus plugs for bonus podcasts, merch, social handles, Patreon goodies and more. If you want extended audio editions, behind-the-scenes chatter or just to join the circus, they’ve got you covered at bigsandwich.co, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and all the usual haunts. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Configure Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 1. Launch the Veeam Console: Open the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 console from the Start Menu. Connect to Microsoft 365: Go to Organizations > Add Organization. Select the type of Microsoft 365 deployment (e.g., Modern or Legacy Authentication). Follow the wizard to authorize Veeam to access your Microsoft 365 tenant Create Backup Jobs: Navigate to Backup Jobs > Add Job. Select the organization, users, and workloads (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams) to include in the backup. Define the schedule, retention policy, and repository. Run Initial Backup: In conclusion, safeguarding your Microsoft 365 data is essential to ensure business continuity and minimize downtime in the event of disruptions. By implementing a robust backup solution like Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, you can gain peace of mind knowing your critical information is always protected. Don’t wait until it’s too late – prioritize your data security with a reliable backup solution today!  ( 6 min )

Choosing the right Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) is crucial for businesses in Pakistan looking to harness the power of the cloud. With numerous options available, finding a partner who truly understands your needs and delivers exceptional value can be a challenge. This blog highlights some of the top Microsoft CSP partners in Pakistan, with a special focus on why ITCS emerges as the leading choice for both B2C and B2B businesses. The Pakistani market is booming with cloud adoption, and having a reliable CSP partner is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. These partners act as your gateway to Microsoft’s comprehensive suite of cloud services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365. They offer expertise, support, and guidance, helping you navigate the complexities of clou…  ( 9 min )

What you'll learn: How to build AI agent systems with LangGraph — from basic concepts to working code. We'll create an article-writing pipeline with multiple AI agents that collaborate, review each other's work, and iterate until the result is perfect. Before diving into LangGraph, it's essential to understand what a graph is in programming. Imagine a subway map: Stations are the nodes Lines between stations are the edges Typical Graph: Subway Map (Analogy): [A] [Victory Square] │ │ ▼ ▼ [B]───────►[C] [October]───►[Kupala] │ │ ▼ ▼ [D] …  ( 20 min )

Ever stared at your AWS bill, specifically the "Data Transfer Out" section, and felt a cold dread creep in? You’re not alone. Many development teams, after successfully migrating their applications to the cloud, get blindsided by an unexpected and rapidly escalating cost: data egress fees. It's the silent killer of cloud budgets, often overlooked until it’s too late. You meticulously plan for compute, storage, and database costs, but then your team celebrates a smooth launch, only to realize the application is bleeding money with every byte that leaves an AWS region or crosses an Availability Zone (AZ). This isn't just about reducing costs; it's about optimizing your architecture to avoid unnecessary expenses that can literally bankrupt a project or slow down critical scaling initiatives. …  ( 14 min )

Most team sections look like a random pile of headshots. In this article, you’ll build a responsive team grid that actually feels designed: a semantic ul[role="list"], a central hero card that doubles as a CTA, consistent portrait ratios, and inline social icons that stay subtle until hovered. You’ll see how to: Structure the grid so it scales from 1 to 4 columns with clean spacing. Use ordering and column spans to make a single “hero” card the focal point. Keep every profile card aligned with the same visual rhythm: image → meta → bio. Wire up inline SVG icons that inherit text color and play nicely with hover states. Everything is plain HTML + Tailwind CSS Read the article and grab the code: https://lexingtonthemes.com/blog/how-to-build-a-team-grid-section-with-tailwind-css  ( 6 min )

Pakistan’s business landscape is evolving rapidly, with industries like construction, manufacturing, and design leading the charge. But in a competitive market, staying ahead requires more than just hard work—it requires the right tools. Enter Autodesk, a global powerhouse in design and engineering software that’s transforming how businesses operate worldwide. From creating stunning architectural designs to streamlining manufacturing processes, Autodesk’s tools are helping Pakistani businesses innovate, save time, and cut costs. Whether you’re an architect drafting the next iconic building in Karachi, a manufacturer in Lahore designing cutting-edge products, or a creative agency in Islamabad producing jaw-dropping visuals, Autodesk has something for you. In this blog, we’ll explore the top…  ( 9 min )

In mobile application debugging and online troubleshooting, app HTTPS packet capture is a fundamental skill for identifying network, authentication, and encryption issues. When encountering problems such as "unable to capture packets," "HTTPS handshake failure," or "request inconsistency with the server," engineers should troubleshoot in the order of network layer → TLS layer → application layer, and flexibly combine proxy tools, low-level packet capture, and data export methods. Below, we provide actionable processes, common commands, tool responsibilities, and an alternative packet capture solution Sniffmaster, explaining how to use tools to complete a full analysis chain with practical feature points. I. First Define the Goal: What to Capture and Where II. Tool Responsibilities and Comb…  ( 8 min )

In Excel, numbers may be stored as text, which can interfere with calculations, sorting, and data analysis. Converting between numbers and text is a common task when managing Excel data. This article demonstrates how to perform these conversions in Java, including turning numbers into text and converting numeric text back into numeric values. Before getting started, you need to include a library that supports Excel file operations. This guide uses Spire.XLS for Java, which allows you to read, modify, save, and convert Excel files directly in Java. Step 1: Add Spire.XLS for Java to Your Project You can add Spire.XLS for Java via Maven by including the following in your pom.xml: com.e-iceblue e-iceblue https:/…  ( 8 min )

The best base for a motorhome is fiberglass. The material consists of fiberglass impregnated with polyester or epoxy resin.Because of its unique structure, fiberglass combines lightness, strength, durability, and high resistance to adverse external effects.Primary features of fiberglass include:High strength at minimal thickness.Thus, a 2 mm fiberglass sheet matches or sometimes exceeds the strength of 6 mm plywood.Resistance to dampness and rapid temperature changes.The material resists moisture, does not rot, swell or crack when heated.Ability to fabricate complex and bent elements.Compared to plywood and MDF, fiberglass easily forms any curves and shapes, enabling ergonomic shower trays, rounded furniture edges, and custom parts.Light body mass. Such weight reduction helps decrease the …  ( 9 min )

Deploying a new Lambda code to your AWS environment shouldn’t be stressful at all, but for some teams, it is. If you ever pushed a quick fix to production and straight away went to CloudWatch logs to see if the Lambda is failing, you know the feeling. When updating the Lambda code, it happens instantly. If there is a bug in the new code, every user feels it straight away. That’s why tools like Lambda Versions, Aliases and Canary Deployments come in. When used correctly, they give you a way of rolling out new code changes gradually, observing the impact and automatically starting the roll back process if something happens. No downtime. No fire drills. No late-night debugging sessions. In this guide, you'll learn: What Lambda versions and aliases actually do How traffic routing works How Cod…  ( 10 min )

Brighter takes a distinct approach compared to many other frameworks by prioritizing explicitness in its request handling pipeline. Instead of relying on hidden conventions or complex configuration, you explicitly define the behavior of your pipeline using attributes, giving you full control over the execution order. The Brighter pipeline is architectured around the Russian Doll (Matryoshka) Model. Imagine a set of nested dolls: each doll contains a smaller one inside it. In Brighter, each middleware component (a "doll") wraps the next one in the chain. A handler method is at the very center. When a request is handled, it passes through each middleware layer before reaching the handler, and then back out through each layer. This design perfectly implements the Pipe and Filter Pattern. A ke…  ( 9 min )

AI agents need a way to identify themselves, prove what they did, and accumulate reputational history across different environments. The standard introduces a common identity layer where each agent is represented as a token. Agents produce outputs that sometimes must be verified. Trust grows when feedback is consistent across platforms. When identity, validation, and reputation are standardized, an agent can operate without relying on a single platform. Developers gain an open and verifiable way to expose AI services. Running autonomous assistants that perform API calls with verifiable logs Build an agent card describing capabilities and metadata ERC 8004 is still young but it has practical design goals. link.  ( 7 min )

get_image_animations API Documentation Interface Overview Interface Name: get_image_animations Interface URL: POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/get_image_animations Function Description: Get image entrance/exit animation list, returns all supported image entrance/exit animations that meet the conditions. Supports filtering by animation type (entrance, exit, loop) and membership mode (all, VIP, free). 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Name Type Required Default Value Description mode integer No 0 Animation mode: 0=all, 1=VIP, 2=free type string Yes - Animation type: in=entrance, out=exit, loop=loop Mode Value Mode Name Description 0 All Returns all animations (including VIP and free) 1 VIP Returns …  ( 8 min )

You can install Gambas on a Raspberry Pi pretty easily, but the exact steps depend a bit on: Your Raspberry Pi OS version (Bookworm/Bullseye/etc.) Whether you’re okay using the repository version (easy) or want something newer (harder). I’ll assume you’re using a normal Raspberry Pi OS with desktop (Debian-based). Option 1 – Install Gambas from Raspberry Pi OS repositories (recommended) 1. Update your package list: sudo apt update 2. Install Gambas3 (IDE + runtime): sudo apt install gambas3 This usually installs: Gambas3 IDE Gambas runtime Common libraries 3. Launch Gambas: From the menu: Or from terminal: gambas3 If that works, you’re done. Option 2 – If apt install gambas3 doesn’t find it On some newer/stripped-down images, you might need the “recommended” packages / desktop me…  ( 7 min )

GET_DRAFT API Documentation 📋 Table of Contents 🔧 API Information 🎯 Function Description 📖 More Documentation 📥 Request Parameters 📤 Response Format 💻 Usage Examples ❌ Error Code Description ⚠️ Notes 🔗 Related APIs GET /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/get_draft Get draft file list. This interface is used to get all file lists corresponding to a specified draft ID, allowing you to view material files, configuration files, and other information contained in the draft. Typically used for draft content preview, file management, or status checking. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Name Type Required Default Description draft_id string ✅ - Draft ID, length 20-32 characters Type: string Required: Yes Length: 2…  ( 11 min )

get_audio_duration API Documentation API Overview API Name: get_audio_duration API Endpoint: POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/get_audio_duration Function Description: Get the duration of audio files, supporting various common audio formats. Uses FFprobe tool for precise audio analysis, returning the accurate duration of audio files in microseconds. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Type Required Default Description mp3_url string Yes - Audio file URL, supports common audio formats like mp3 mp3_url: Complete URL address of the audio file Supported formats: mp3, wav, aac, flac and other common audio formats Need to ensure URL is accessible and file is complete Recommended file size not exceeding 100MB { "…  ( 9 min )

gen_video API Documentation 📋 Table of Contents 🔧 API Overview 🎯 Function Description 📥 Request Parameters 📤 Response Format 💻 Usage Examples ❌ Error Code Description ⚠️ Notes 🔄 Workflow ➡️ Next Steps 🔗 Related Interfaces API Name: gen_video API Endpoint: POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/gen_video Function Description: Submit video generation task. This interface adopts asynchronous processing mode, immediately returns task ID, and video generation proceeds in the background. Supports task queuing to ensure system stability. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Type Required Default Description draft_url string Yes - Draft URL, format like: https://capcut-mate.jcaigc.cn/openapi/capcut-mate/v1/get_draft?d…  ( 11 min )

easy_create_material API Documentation API Overview API Name: easy_create_material API Endpoint: POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/easy_create_material Description: Add multiple types of material content to an existing draft, including audio, video, images, and text. This interface can add various media materials to the draft at once, automatically handle material properties such as duration and dimensions, and intelligently manage different types of media tracks. It is one of the core interfaces for video creation. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Type Required Default Description draft_url string Yes - Complete URL of the target draft audio_url string Yes - Audio file URL, cannot be empty or null text st…  ( 8 min )

CREATE_DRAFT API Interface Documentation 📋 Table of Contents 🔧 Interface Information 🎯 Function Description 📖 More Documentation 📥 Request Parameters 📤 Response Format 💻 Usage Examples ❌ Error Code Description ⚠️ Notes 🔄 Workflow ➡️ Next Steps 🔗 Related Interfaces POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/create_draft Create a new CapCut draft. This interface is used to create a new video editing draft, supporting custom resolution, frame rate, background color, and other parameters. It is suitable for video editing, content creation, template production, and other scenarios. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Name Type Required Default Value Description title string ❌ "Untitled Draft" Draft title, supports Chi…  ( 10 min )

ADD_VIDEOS API Interface Documentation 📋 Table of Contents 🔧 Interface Information 🎯 Function Description 📖 More Documentation 📥 Request Parameters 📤 Response Format 💻 Usage Examples ❌ Error Code Description ⚠️ Notes 🔄 Workflow ➡️ Next Steps 🔗 Related Interfaces POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/add_videos Batch add video materials. This interface is used to add multiple video materials to CapCut draft at once, supporting mask effects, transition animations, volume control, and other advanced features. It is suitable for multi-track video editing, picture-in-picture effects, split-screen effects, and other scenarios. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Name Type Required Default Value Description draft_u…  ( 11 min )

ADD_TEXT_STYLE API Interface Documentation 📋 Table of Contents 🔧 Interface Information 🎯 Function Description 📖 More Documentation 📥 Request Parameters 📤 Response Format 💻 Usage Examples ❌ Error Code Description ⚠️ Notes 🔄 Workflow ➡️ Next Steps 🔗 Related Interfaces POST /openapi/capcut-mate/v1/add_text_style Create rich text styles. This interface is used to create rich text styles with specific formatting, including keyword highlighting, color settings, font size adjustments, etc. It is suitable for video subtitle beautification, text highlighting, content emphasis, and other scenarios. 📖 For more detailed documentation and tutorials, please visit: https://docs.jcaigc.cn Parameter Name Type Required Default Value Description draft_url string ✅ - Target dra…  ( 10 min )

The fastest-growing developers in 2026 aren’t relying on luck, better tutorials, or endless documentation. They’re using a new category of AI tools designed to compress skill acquisition into weeks instead of years. These tools don’t just generate code — they reshape how developers think, practice, and build technical intuition. Here are the seven tools redefining developer learning velocity. 1. AI Code Reasoners These models don’t just output code — they explain why it works. They walk through logic, identify assumptions, and highlight structural weaknesses. Developers use reasoners for: rapid concept clarification understanding unfamiliar patterns improving architecture intuition This creates the kind of deep comprehension that normally takes months of repetition. 2. Debugging Co-Pilot…  ( 8 min )

CSS has a pretty simple syntax, but there are a lot of fundamental principles in how it works that catch people off guard. This can lead to confusion and a lot of frustration. There’s also times where there’s multiple ways to do the same thing, and that can lead to extra frustration as well because you don’t know which one is better in any given situation. Please support my original publication, where I have originally published this article. Your support means alot to me: CSS Concepts That Will Actually Make Your Life as a Front-End Developer Easier CSS really is one of those things that when you first start off with it, it just seems like it’s going to be the easiest thing in the world and quickly can lead to times where you just want to throw your computer out the window. So with that i…  ( 16 min )

LLMs aren’t struggling with intelligence, they’re suffocating under too many useless tokens. Even a million-token context window can choke on long documents and multi-step agent chains. But here’s the twist: most of those tokens are predictable grammar the model doesn’t even need. Telegraphic Semantic Compression (TSC) cuts out the linguistic fluff and keeps only the high-value facts; names, numbers, entities, relationships. The stuff LLMs can’t reconstruct on their own. In this article, you’ll see how TSC works, how it slashes context size without losing meaning, and how to implement it in Python. Telegraphic Semantic Compression (TSC) is a lossy semantic compression technique that removes predictable grammatical structure while preserving the high-entropy, fact-rich details that actually…  ( 12 min )

One quiet morning, a group of kids were playing in a park — sunshine, laughter, zero responsibilities. 🏞️ Nothing unusual. Nothing dangerous. Then one kid suddenly yelled: “GUYS… this tree is bleeding!” Chaos. Screaming. Kids running everywhere. 😱 Parents rushed toward the tree and noticed freshly disturbed soil. A suspicious mound. Something felt wrong. Soon, the police arrived with tape, flashlights, tools, and heavy looks. Then came the shocking truth: A young woman had been murdered and buried under the tree. A horrifying discovery in a place meant for innocence. But this story has a strange parallel inside tech teams. Different setting. Same pattern. Same ending. On your product floor, the story starts quietly too. A junior dev spots a weird log at 3 PM. Unexpected error Str…  ( 8 min )

A Year of Elegance & Craft: Celebrating The Bag Maker's Workroom Anniversary It's hard to believe a whole year has passed since we first opened the doors to The Bag Maker's Workroom, a space dedicated to the art and passion of bag crafting. This anniversary marks not just a milestone, but a testament to the vibrant community of makers, designers, and enthusiasts who have joined us on this incredible journey. From novice crafters to seasoned artisans, your creativity and dedication have shaped us. In celebration of this significant first year, we're thrilled to unveil exciting new products, introduce groundbreaking patterns, announce upcoming events, reflect on our growth, and share invaluable insights from the world of bag making. We're immensely grateful for your support and can't wait to…  ( 9 min )

I recently worked on an infrastructure deployment using Terraform + Azure, and I hit a problem that made my head spin for hours. Everything in my code looked logically perfect, yet the deployment kept failing. Only later I discovered that it was not a “code issue” but a dependency issue and it taught me a valuable Terraform lesson. Let me share that journey, so nobody else loses hours like I did. I was provisioning multiple resources using Terraform, including: Azure Redis Cache Azure App Service, which needed the Redis connection string as an environment variable On paper, the flow looked simple: Create Redis → get connection string → use it in App Service But reality had other plans. Whenever I ran terraform apply, the Redis creation started… As a result: Error: Redis endpoint not found …  ( 7 min )

Read replicas are a powerful feature of MySQL HeatWave that enable you to scale read-heavy workloads by distributing queries across multiple database instances. As read-only copies of your source DB system, read replicas handle SELECT queries, analytics, and reporting workloads while the primary instance handles write operations. This architecture improves application performance, enhances availability, and supports disaster recovery strategies. This guide covers read replica concepts, creation, connectivity, use cases, maintenance, and limitations. Read replicas are read-only copies of a MySQL HeatWave DB system that are automatically updated using asynchronous replication from the source DB system. Key Characteristics: Read-only: Cannot execute write operations (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) A…  ( 12 min )

Microsoft is making a substantial advancement in the effort to enhance accessibility to artificial intelligence (AI) for everyone. The technology leader has revealed that beginning next month, customers will have the opportunity to develop their own AI agents. What does this development entail? Let us clarify. AI agents are essentially virtual assistants capable of interacting with users similarly to a human being. These agents can be applied in various contexts, including customer support, personal assistance, and even within video games. This initiative by Microsoft represents a crucial step toward democratizing AI . In more straightforward terms, it signifies that AI technology will be open for use and creation by all, not solely for experts and large enterprises. This is a transformat…  ( 7 min )

As developers embrace sophisticated AI assistants like Continuous AI, the barrier between context, collaboration, and code generation is dissolving. But how do you bridge the gap between an intelligent AI in your IDE and the complex, living ecosystem of your codebase, which often resides on GitHub? In private repositories, you might ship a new feature in minutes, but you still have to write a detailed PR description, link related issues, and hope a busy maintainer gets to it soon. In open source, the challenge is even heavier. Maintainers are flooded with pull requests, each requiring mental context switching, security scrutiny, and style-guide checks—all of which contribute to the burnout that many in the community report. However, what if you could use your AI assistant to understand the…  ( 10 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins tears into Fantastic Four: First Steps in their signature “Everything Wrong With…” style—calling it “sintastic” despite not being the worst Marvel flick—and dishes out snarky quibbles in under 20 minutes. They also plug their sponsor BetterHelp, link to all their channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork), invite you to take a quick poll, back them on Patreon, and follow their writers and community on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

While scrolling through GitHub during my free time, I came across roslibjs the standard Robot Operating System JavaScript library. After researching the project, I learned that roslibjs enables web applications to communicate with robots from within a browser. The library uses WebSockets to connect with rosbridge which provides a JSON API to ROS functionality for non-ROS programs, supporting publishing, subscribing, service calls, and other ROS functionality. The core architecture made me interested to work on this issue. This issue was open since July 12, and from the description, it seemed trivial to fix. However, I didn't account for the architectural complexity involved. After communicating with a maintainer about tackling this issue, I dove in. Here's the PR that I made. I started by …  ( 17 min )

With Angular’s new Signal Forms API, cross-field validation no longer needs to be complex or scattered across your app. In this post, we’ll build a real-world password and confirm password validator using the validate() function to compare values across fields the modern way. You’ll learn how to access other field values with valueOf, return custom validation errors, and keep your validation logic clean, declarative, and colocated with your form definition. Why This Password Form Is Wrong Here we have a form with a password field and a confirm password field: If we click into the username field and blur out, we get a validation message letting us know that this field is required: Once we add a valid username, the error message disappears. We also have the same thing with o…  ( 11 min )

By 2026, the demand for high-performance, GPU-accelerated web graphics will be standard. Developers are looking for a single codebase to deliver fluid, native-like experiences on every platform, including the web. Using React Native Skia for web graphics with Expo is the answer. It moves beyond traditional DOM limitations, allowing you to render sophisticated 2D graphics, animations, and data visualizations directly on the GPU. This guide breaks down how to set up, optimize, and build with Skia for the web, preparing you for the next generation of web applications. React Native Skia for the web isn't just another drawing library. It's a fundamental shift in how we can create visual experiences in the browser by bringing a mature, high-performance 2D graphics engine to your React components…  ( 11 min )

“Great DevOps isn’t built on powerful tools , it’s built on developers who have the freedom and clarity to use them well.” Introduction What Is Developer Experience (DX)? Why DX Matters in DevOps Key Elements of a Great Developer Experience How DX Impacts DevOps Success Common Challenges That Hurt Developer Experience Strategies to Improve DX in DevOps Tooling & Automation That Enhance DX Interesting Facts & Statistics FAQs Key Takeaways Conclusion As DevOps becomes the backbone of modern software delivery, organizations are increasingly recognizing that successful DevOps doesn’t start with tools , it starts with people. More specifically, it begins with developers, their workflows, and their overall experience. Developer Experience (DX) refers to how developers feel while interacting with…  ( 9 min )

Unlike typical reporting engines, NopReport can directly use Excel and Word as templates, without necessarily relying on a dedicated visual designer. For an introduction to NopReport, see An open-source, China-style reporting engine that uses Excel as the designer: NopReport and How to implement a visual Word template similar to poi-tl in 800 lines of code However, some readers still don’t perceive what’s unique about it and raise questions like: Hasn't this approach existed for a long time? Everyone knows Word is basically XML and can be filled with a template engine. To grasp the innovative aspects of NopReport’s design, you need to step out of the weeds of concrete features and think in terms of more abstract mathematical structures. NopReport’s core design idea is based on the followin…  ( 9 min )

Starting a career in Human Resources can feel overwhelming for beginners. You may understand that HR involves hiring, payroll, employee engagement, and compliance—but how these actually work inside real companies is not always clear from textbooks alone. This is where sap hcm classes in pune often become an important learning step for students and freshers who want to move from theoretical HR knowledge to practical, system-based HR operations. Organizational structures Attendance and leave Payroll processing Recruitment and onboarding Training and development All these functions are centrally managed through one system instead of scattered tools. Compliance with labor laws Speed of HR processes Transparency in reporting For beginners, this makes SAP HCM a practical gateway into modern HR e…  ( 10 min )

Picture this: middle of a release, 40+ refurbished dev boxes suddenly screaming “Your Windows license will expire soon.” Remote devs locked out, deadline breathing down our necks. Click here to read Anyone else secretly using MAR licenses yet? Feels like cheating… but it’s 100% legal.  ( 6 min )

Fiberglass perfectly suits motorhome construction. It is a durable composite of fiberglass soaked with polyester or epoxy resin.Owing to its unique structure, fiberglass integrates lightness, strength, durability, and resistance to negative environmental influences.Key properties of fiberglass include:Exhibits high strength at low thickness.Thus, a 2 mm fiberglass sheet matches or sometimes exceeds the strength of 6 mm plywood.Resistance to moisture and temperature changes.The material resists moisture, does not rot, swell or crack when heated.Skill to create intricate shapes and curved parts.Compared to plywood and MDF, fiberglass freely takes any form and bend, enabling ergonomic shower trays, smooth furniture edges, and unique elements.Low weight. Thanks to this, the overall weight of t…  ( 9 min )

Dans de nombreuses entreprises un phénomène préoccupant s’est installé : la confusion profonde entre le métier de développeur et une boîte à outils humaine capable de tout faire. Les offres d’emploi témoignent de cette dérive, avec des attentes irréalistes, incohérentes et contre-productives. 1. Des offres d’emploi sorties de l’imaginaire et non du besoin réel Il n’est pas rare de voir une offre chercher un seul individu capable de : développer des applications web, créer des applications mobiles, administrer un réseau, gérer le secrétariat, produire du design UI/UX, faire du DevOps, maîtriser PHP, Java, Python, Go, JavaScript… Le tout dans un seul profil. Cette vision transforme la recherche d’un expert en une quête d’un mythe technologique, un “super-héros numérique” qui n’existe tout…  ( 7 min )

Finding the right UI components in 2026 is about more than just functionality. Developers now need intelligent, performant, and deeply accessible tools to meet modern user expectations. Standard libraries no longer cut it for standout applications. If you're searching for the best React Native Wheel Pickers, you need libraries built for the future. This guide breaks down the top options for date and color selection that deliver a next-generation user experience. Wheel pickers have remained a mobile UI staple for a reason. Their thumb-friendly, scrolling interface feels natural and efficient. But the technology driving them has changed completely. We've moved from basic JavaScript-driven components to sophisticated modules that use native device capabilities. The key innovations for 2026 fo…  ( 12 min )

Why It Matters 1.Cost-Effective, Quality Traffic: Ranking highly for relevant keywords provides a steady stream of free, high-intent users, significantly reducing customer acquisition costs. 2.Builds Trust & Credibility: Users often perceive top-ranked apps as more authoritative and trustworthy, enhancing brand perception. 3.Drives Sustainable Growth: Organic traffic forms a stable foundation for user growth, complementing paid advertising campaigns for a balanced marketing strategy. Key Ranking Factors While algorithm details are secret, core factors include: 1.Title & Subtitle: The app's name carries the highest weight. Incorporating primary keywords here is essential. 2.Keyword Field: Strategic use of the dedicated keyword field (on iOS and Android) for relevant search terms, long-tail keywords, and competitor names. 3.Download Velocity & Conversion Rate: The number of installs and the rate at which searches lead to downloads signal relevance and popularity to the algorithm. 4.User Ratings & Reviews: Positive feedback and a high average score boost credibility and ranking potential. 5.User Engagement & Retention: Algorithms increasingly value long-term user satisfaction, rewarding apps that keep users active. Optimization Strategy Success requires a continuous process: thorough keyword research, strategic implementation in metadata, encouraging positive reviews, and relentless A/B testing to refine approaches. Ignoring App Store Keyword Optimization (ASO) in a crowded marketplace is a critical mistake. By mastering this blend of data science and marketing, developers can win the invisible battle for visibility, ensure their app is discovered, and build a foundation for lasting success.  ( 7 min )

As subscription-based apps and SaaS products expand into international markets, influencer marketing has evolved from a nice-to-have into one of the most reliable acquisition levers. While traditionally associated with beauty, fashion, and gaming, influencer-driven growth is now accelerating adoption across productivity, wellness, education, AI tools, and utility apps. The key is precision: identifying the right creators, in the right niches, on the right platforms. This guide outlines a complete framework for how subscription app teams can plan, execute, and scale influencer collaborations globally. Subscriptions require users to invest more than money—they invest their habits, attention, and daily routines. This is where influencer marketing shines. Creators help subscription apps: Build…  ( 8 min )

Learn how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair Android smartphones with hands-on practical training. From software fixes to advanced hardware repair, this course gives you all the skills needed to become a professional technician. Perfect for beginners and those looking to upgrade their expertise. 📱✨ Call now: 9212522522 https://www.hitechinstitute.in/ Watch now :  ( 6 min )

This case breaks down how we designed and implemented a cross-platform restaurant management system that works reliably across multiple branches — even with inconsistent network conditions and mixed hardware environments. Real-time sales and inventory sync Offline-first operation for unstable WiFi Role-based access control Multi-store data aggregation Cross-platform UI (desktop + tablet) Fast response time under peak load We used a modular, API-driven design: [Frontends] - Tablet Dashboard (Vue) - Desktop Admin Panel (Web) [APIs] - RESTful service layer - WebSocket for real-time sync [Core Services] - Stock management - Sales records - Employee roles & permissions - Multi-store aggregation [Data Layer] - Cloud DB (Primary) - Local SQLite fallback (Offline mode) The offline-first approach ensures all store operations keep running even when the network drops. Branch hardware varied widely: To handle this: The UI was optimized for low-memory devices API responses were lightweight Sync operations were incremental, not full-dataset After deployment, the system improved: Stock update accuracy Data sync stability Operational efficiency during peak hours Manager visibility across all stores This architecture is well-suited for: Multi-store retail management POS extensions Kitchen automation dashboards IoT-connected restaurant systems (smart freezers, energy sensors, etc.) ✅ Read the full engineering write-up 👉 https://zediot.com/case/restaurant-management-software-qsr/ ✅ Need custom restaurant or retail software? We build production-grade systems for QSR, retail, kitchen automation, and AI/IoT-enabled operations. https://zediot.com/contact/  ( 6 min )

1 year ago, most of my work lived in a very different world from Web3. I was building and managing communities, writing technical content, and helping products grow. I’ve written dozens of technical articles, helped brands talk to their users in plain language, and seen firsthand how strong communities can make or break a product. But every time I opened Twitter or LinkedIn, there was one word I kept seeing everywhere: Web3. People were talking about DAOs, DeFi, NFTs, on-chain communities, and “DevRel” as if it was obvious. It wasn’t obvious to me. I wasn’t a JavaScript wizard. I wasn’t deploying smart contracts. I was curious, a little intimidated, and very aware that I was late to the party. So instead of pretending to understand it, I decided to do something different: learn Web3 in pub…  ( 9 min )

Data is the foundation of modern enterprise innovation—but you need a solid platform to make the most of it. That means being able to handle massive amounts of data, power real-time analytics, and simplify machine learning workflows. There are several platforms out there, but two really stand out for this: Azure Synapse and Databricks. Both are popular, powerful, and live in the cloud, but that's where a lot of the similarity ends. To choose between them, you need to know what each one does best. Databricks is basically Apache Spark supercharged for the cloud. It's built around the "Lakehouse" concept, which combines the benefits of data lakes and data warehouses. On the flip side, Azure Synapse Analytics is Microsoft's all-in-one data analytics service. It combines data warehousing,…  ( 44 min )

In the quantitative investment field, the performance and scalability of the storage system support efficient research and computational tasks. JuiceFS, an open-source high-performance distributed file system, has become the storage backbone for multiple top-tier, billion-dollar quantitative investment firms. It delivers high-performance, cost-effective, and elastically scalable storage infrastructure for their core operations—including backtesting and model training. This article shares the critical storage challenges faced by quantitative firms and how JuiceFS addresses them. We’ll explore typical case studies focusing on cost optimization, metadata performance improvement, and seamless cloud migration. First, let's understand the data usage patterns in quantitative research. The progr…  ( 15 min )

Looking for a practical way to improve your SQL skills? Check out https://www.sql-practice.online/ — a free platform with 60+ interactive SQL exercises based on realistic business data (HR, E-commerce, School). Write and validate queries online, track your progress, and prepare for technical interviews. Perfect for learners, developers, and anyone who wants to master SQL through hands-on practice. No signup needed.  ( 6 min )

📌 How CI/CD Works Step-by-Step Flow 1️⃣ Developer pushes code to GitHub Push changes inside app/main.go Push new Dockerfile changes Push manifest updates 2️⃣ GitHub Actions Runs Builds Docker image Pushes new image to GHCR Updates deployment YAML Commits YAML back to the repo 3️⃣ ArgoCD Observes Git State ArgoCD continuously watches repo Repo changed ➝ ArgoCD detects new commit 4️⃣ ArgoCD Performs Deployment Applies updated YAML to Kubernetes Deploys the new version Ensures cluster matches Git (self-heal) 5️⃣ Result ✅ Fully automated CI/CD argocd-demo-app/ ├── app/ │ └── main.go ├── k8s/ │ └── deployment.yaml ├── .github/ │ └── workflows/ │ └── ci-cd.yaml ├── Dockerfile ├── README.md app/main.go package main import ( "fmt" "net/http" ) fun…  ( 8 min )

Why Google Services Access Is Becoming Problematic Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Meet, and Gemini are tools modern work can't function without. But in 2025, users face new barriers: government censorship (as in China and Iran), corporate firewalls, ISP throttling, and data leak risks on public Wi-Fi. A VPN has ceased to be optional and become essential for safe access. The key point: using a VPN to protect your Google connection is completely legal and recommended by cybersecurity experts. Google Search — the #1 search engine Learn more about VPN for Google Gmail — email service Learn more about VPN for Gmail YouTube — video platform Learn more about VPN for YouTube Google Maps — maps and navigation Learn more about VPN for Google Maps Google Meet — video conferencin…  ( 8 min )

Halo Kawan Deuxly! Pernah nggak sih kamu merasa overwhelmed saat pertama kali membuka teks editor setelah menginstal Hugo? Di panel kiri, berderet folder dengan nama-nama asing: archetypes, assets, content, layouts, dan teman-temannya. Rasanya seperti masuk ke kokpit pesawat tanpa buku manual. Bagi pengguna WordPress, kita terbiasa dimanjakan. Kita nggak perlu tahu di mana database disimpan atau di mana file inti berada. Tapi di Hugo—dan dunia Static Site Generator (SSG) pada umumnya—file dan folder ADALAH database kamu. Memahami struktur direktori Hugo bukan sekadar hafalan. Ini adalah tentang memahami logika dan hierarki. Jika kamu paham konsep ini, kamu bisa memanipulasi tema deuxlytheme (atau tema apapun) sesuka hati tanpa takut merusak kode aslinya. Di artikel ini, kita akan membedah …  ( 10 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins just dropped “Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less,” where they jokingly tear into the new Fantastic Four movie—sponsor shout-out to BetterHelp included—and rack up their usual sins, even if the film “wasn’t bad.” They round out the vid by plugging their main site, YouTube spinoffs (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), a sinful poll, Patreon support, and a slew of community links (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok)—plus full writer credits for those curious who’s behind the jokes. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

John Carter – Caravan Of Garbage Modern Disney’s golden run is stumbling: even Marvel and Star Wars sequels aren’t hitting anymore, and new originals like Wish and Elio barely register. Caravan Of Garbage is here to celebrate the House of Mouse’s historic faceplants—four massive live-action disasters in four weeks. First up: Nic Cage’s 2010 misfire, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Webflow has evolved from a visual website builder into a robust platform that developers can leverage for rapid prototyping, custom workflows, and even full-scale production sites. While it’s often marketed toward designers, developers can harness Webflow’s power to streamline front-end development, integrate APIs, and maintain scalable projects. In this guide, we’ll walk through a complete technical workflow for developers using Webflow. Before diving in, developers should understand Webflow’s structure: Designer: The visual interface where elements, layouts, and interactions are created. CMS (Content Management System): Dynamic collections that allow you to manage structured content. Editor: A simplified interface for content editors to update content without breaking layouts. Hosting: W…  ( 8 min )

You know what really gets me fired up? Healthcare apps that treat patients like data entry machines. I've watched too many people - friends, family members dealing with chronic pain - get completely overwhelmed by apps that demand everything upfront with zero consideration for what they're actually going through. That's why I'm so passionate about what we're building with Pain Tracker. We're not just collecting pain scores; we're creating a safe space for people who've been let down by the medical system before. Here's the thing that took me way too long to figure out - you can't just bolt empathy onto an existing app. It has to be baked into the foundation. So we built this trauma-informed provider that wraps our entire app, kind of like a warm blanket that adapts to what each person need…  ( 10 min )

NGINX Ingress'e Ne Oldu? 2026 yılında Kubernetes dünyasında önemli bir değişiklik yaşanacak: NGINX Ingress Controller artık yeni özellik güncellemeleri almayacak. Panik yapmaya gerek yok - mevcut kurulumlarınız çalışmaya devam edecek. Ancak yeni özellikler için artık başka bir çözüme bakmamız gerekiyor. İşte burada Kubernetes Gateway API devreye giriyor. Gateway API, Kubernetes'in resmi olarak desteklediği yeni nesil routing çözümü. Ingress'ten temel farkı şu: modüler yapısı. Ingress'te her şey tek bir YAML dosyasında toplanıyordu. Gateway API ise işleri üç parçaya ayırıyor: Cluster genelinde hangi gateway controller'ın kullanılacağını belirler. Bunu bir kere tanımlıyorsunuz ve tüm cluster için geçerli oluyor. apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: GatewayClass metadata: name: …  ( 9 min )

This post was originally published in my website here. Form submission interfaces are a critical vector for engagement in any modern web application. Yet, they simultaneously represent a persistent challenge: mitigating the deluge of spam and automated submissions without degrading the UX. While initial defense layers—such as schema validation, custom server-side validators, and rigorous input sanitization—are fundamental, an additional, robust layer of bot defense is essential. This guide details the strategic implementation of Cloudflare Turnstile, the privacy-preserving successor to traditional CAPTCHA, integrated within a type-safe Astro and React environment using server-side validation. Cloudflare Turnstile represents a pivotal shift away from the intrusive visual puzzles of convent…  ( 9 min )

Second video in my "Live One Take" Series The main purpose of this was to set up the Zoom LiveTrak L6max, but I had a pretty good little jam, so I thought I'd post it. The L6max is a powerful little device! I'm barely using it to the extent I hope to, but I am using most of its features at least a bit in this video: Mixer, MIDI Controller, Effects Send, Multi-track Recorder. As a little test jam, it's kinda long at 7+ minutes TBH. I plan to do an audio-only edit because I like some of the elements of what I captured here! I've included an overview of the whole setup, its routings and some of the inner workings, and I also created a flow diagram with Mermaid.js for this. Some things are over simplified and there are plenty of areas I could dive into more, particularly the inner routings a…  ( 8 min )

👋👋👋👋 Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of? All wins count -- big or small 🎉 Examples of 'wins' include: Getting a promotion! Starting a new project Fixing a tricky bug Calling a friend you haven't talked to in months ☎️ Happy Friday!  ( 6 min )

Industry: Mental Wellness, Media, Event Tech Services: Full-Stack Development, UI/UX, MVP Engineering Engagement: Long-term Product & Engineering Partner Illumora is a mental wellness brand offering creative services such as photography, branding, and content. To extend their experience layer, they created BoomBooth, a child brand focused on automated event galleries and instant image delivery. Both brands needed solid, production-ready digital products — fast — without hiring an internal engineering team. Illumora partnered with me as an independent product & engineering partner to design, build, and deploy both platforms end-to-end. The founder needed: A scalable parent platform for Illumora (clients, creators, assets, content, workflows) A lightweight, event-focused child product for …  ( 7 min )

Daily Tech News Roundup Welcome to your daily dose of tech news! Today's roundup features Black Friday deals, AI insights, and a startup spotlight. Get ready to dive into the latest happenings in the tech world. DualSense Edge Sees a Black Friday Discount Sony's premium DualSense Edge controller is currently on sale for around $169 at various retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. This $30 discount provides a more affordable opportunity to experience the pro-style gamepad, making it an appealing option for serious gamers looking to enhance their gameplay. Source Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses on Sale Despite the recent release of the Gen 2 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, the original model remains a compelling purchase, especially with Black Friday deals. The core experience between the two…  ( 7 min )

The Problem: "Vanity Metrics" in the Public Sector Governments love big numbers. "Total budget: $100M!" "Cumulative users: 30,000!" In the startup world, we call these "Vanity Metrics"—numbers that look good on paper but mean nothing in reality. They often hide the denominator (population or actual needs) to create an illusion of success. I live in Kashiwa City, Japan. Recently, the city proudly announced "3,000 users!" for a new app project. It sounded impressive until I ran a simple calculation: City Population: 430,000 Penetration Rate: 0.7% It wasn't a success. It was a statistical error. I developed a logic called SBCM. It normalizes huge, vague numbers into a "Standard Block"—the capacity of a single average municipality. Instead of looking at the raw number ($V$), we calculate the…  ( 8 min )

The Hidden Cost of Multiple Business Solutions: Why Your Business is Bleeding Money Every growing business faces the same trap: subscription overload. You start with one tool for CRM. Then another for project management. Add email marketing. Throw in accounting software. Before you know it, you're juggling 10+ platforms, paying separate bills, and your team is drowning in logins. Sound familiar? Modern businesses are caught in a vicious cycle: $50/month for CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot) $30/month for project management (Asana, Monday.com) $100/month for email marketing (Mailchimp, SendGrid) $40/month for HR management $60/month for accounting software $80/month for customer support tools $45/month for analytics platforms Total: $405/month = $4,860/year And that's just the beginning. As you …  ( 8 min )

Atrament: a JavaScript library for natural canvas drawing and handwriting. Features: Renders directly to canvas bitmap like physical ink on paper Supports pressure-sensitive stylus input with configurable scaling Includes stroke recording for undo and replay functionality Multiple modes including draw, erase, and fill Lightweight core with optional fill module to reduce bundle size The programmatic drawing API lets you reconstruct strokes from recorded data, making it straightforward to implement undo/redo functionality without external dependencies. 👉 Blog Post 👉 GitHub Repo 👉 Live Demo  ( 6 min )

Machine Learning and Deep Learning are often treated as black boxes filled with complex math and jargon. But at their core, they are built on a few simple ideas: measuring error, understanding direction, and making small improvements over time. In this article, I break down how a model actually learns — from the moment it makes a mistake, to how that mistake travels backward through the network to update weights and improve future predictions. Starting from a simple equation, we’ll build up to neural networks and the complete training loop, step by step. Human intelligence works by building mental models of the world. Example: Black clouds + strong wind → We expect rain Sometimes this is wrong (it could be a cloud shadow) Over time, the brain refines these models. Machine Learning works t…  ( 11 min )

What I Built I recently built Heidihack - an AI-powered clinical decision support system that helps healthcare professionals with: 📋 Automated SOAP Notes - Generates complete clinical documentation 🔍 Differential Diagnoses - AI-suggested diagnoses with risk levels 💊 ICD-10 Coding - Automatic medical billing codes ✅ Treatment Plans - Evidence-based recommendations ⚠️ Safety Checks - Verifies medication allergies Backend: Python + FastAPI OpenAI GPT-4 RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) FAISS for vector search Frontend: React 18 Vite Tailwind CSS Instead of just asking GPT-4 directly, my system: Takes patient symptoms and data Searches a clinical knowledge base for similar cases (using FAISS vector search) Retrieves relevant medical patterns Sends both the query AND retrieved context t…  ( 7 min )

Linux powers everything from cloud servers to Android smartphones - trusted not just because it's open-source, but because its security architecture is layered, modular, and resilient. Instead of depending on a single control, Linux enforces defense-in-depth through authentication frameworks, access controls, kernel-level enforcement, and isolation. Here's a breakdown of the 7 key layers that make Linux secure: 1️⃣ Discretionary Access Control (DAC) - The Classic Unix Model DAC is the foundation of Linux security. Every file and process has: An owner A group Permissions for user */ **group */ **others Example: -rwxr-xr-- root admin script.sh 👉 Fast and simple 2️⃣ Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) - How Users Login & Prove Identity PAM decides how authentication works in Linu…  ( 8 min )

Dart (NevaehUI) for the frontend Crystal (KothariAPI) for the backend The combined framework is called Dartalyst, and based on internal benchmarks, it now ranks among the fastest SSR frameworks currently measured. This post breaks down the numbers, the comparisons, and why this architecture works — with public testing opening in 3 weeks. Dartalyst was tested across four workloads: Test Throughput Simple SSR 30,937 req/s Concurrent SSR 25,897 req/s Complex Components 7,029 req/s Data Fetching (SSR) 6,887 req/s All tests included: HTML generation Component rendering State serialization Hydration markers Real routing logic No caching. Just actual SSR. Below is a comparison using publicly available SSR benchmark ranges (not raw HTTP benchmarks). Top-Tier SSR (20,000+ req/s) …  ( 7 min )

From Hype to Impact: What AI-First Really Means Jaideep Parashar ・ Nov 28 #ai #architecture #api #nocode  ( 7 min )

Taking on a new challenge: solving GeeksforGeeks POTD daily and sharing my solutions! 💻🔥 *Problem: * https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/subset-xor--175953/1 Subset XOR Difficulty: Medium Accuracy: 79.36% Given an positive integer n, find a subset of numbers from 1 to n (inclusive), where each number can be used at most once, such that: i. Solution: class Solution: def subsetXOR(self, n: int): xr = [n,1,n+1,0][n%4] need = xr ^ n if 1 <= need <= n: return [i for i in range(1,n+1) if i!=need] return [i for i in range(1,n+1)]  ( 6 min )

This faceless AI video course offers a 10-minute live Shorts workflow that eliminates editing, scripting, and device restrictions. It speeds up production, reduces startup costs, and transitions creators from unstable RPM Shorts to email-based revenue. The system supports beginners, channel owners, and anonymous creators through rapid acquisition, multi-niche testing, and first-list monetization. Strengths include speed, cost-effectiveness, and repeatable faceless output; limited focus on long-term stability and format dependency. here]  ( 6 min )

“AI-first.” Everyone uses the term. But if you strip away the buzzwords and marketing decks, only a small fraction of products in 2025 are truly AI-first. Most are AI-decorated, not AI-designed. And the difference is massive. AI-decorated products add AI on top of old workflows. If we want to move from hype to real-world impact, we need to understand what AI-first actually means, and what it doesn’t. Here’s how I see it. 1. AI-First Is Not “We Added an AI Feature” Most products claiming to be AI-first simply added: a chatbot on the side an auto-generated summary a code snippet generator a text rewrite tool an image assistant These are AI features, not AI foundations. If you can remove the AI and the product still works, it’s not AI-first. True AI-first products collapse the entire workflow…  ( 10 min )

In “Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less,” CinemaSins delivers a rapid-fire roast of the new K-pop action flick, piling on signature jokes and playful nitpicks. Along the way they drop links to their main site, YouTube channels (like @TVSins and @CommercialSins), a fan poll, and a Patreon invite for anyone who wants to support the sin squad. Credits go to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, and Daniel, and you’re encouraged to keep the conversation going on Discord and Reddit or catch more sins on Instagram, TikTok—and even Jeremy’s new book. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins just dropped “Everything Wrong With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” a 27-minute roast of Cruise’s latest globe-trotting, death-defying stunts—all while poking fun at how this franchise might’ve lost its magic. Expect snappy jokes, a running “sin” counter, and plenty of eye-roll moments. Hungry for more sinful fun? Hit up cinemasins.com or their Linktree to fill out polls, support them on Patreon, and join the party on Discord, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram—and see which sin-spotting heroes (like Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, and the rest) cooked up this takedown. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Disney’s in a slump — Marvel and Star Wars aren’t sticking the landing, and new releases Wish and Elio barely made a ripple. But of course, Disney’s had its flop phases before, and over the next few weeks The Weekly Planet is digging into four of their biggest live-action disasters on Caravan of Garbage. First up: 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Picture Nicolas Cage, a dash of magic, an inexplicable giant bird and a whole lot of “what was I watching again?” nostalgia. Buckle up for a playful roast of this long-forgotten misfire. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Do you ever write a little piece of code — a utility, a library, an API endpoint — and then leave it at that, tucked away in a private folder or GitHub gist? What if instead you turned that snippet into a product—something others pay for, reuse, build on? a reusable asset, not just a one-off solution, you open up a world of possibility. In this post we’ll explore how and why you can create and sell your own code libraries or APIs (for example on platforms like RapidAPI or the GitHub Marketplace), how to do it well, and how to make real money from something you wrote once but reused many times. When I first started programming, I treated every piece of code as disposable — write it, use it, done. Later I realised: many of those snippets were generic, reusable, and could serve other people’s…  ( 12 min )

Disney’s Slump and the “Caravan of Garbage” Series Modern Disney is in a rough patch—Marvel and Star Wars aren’t hitting like they used to, and new releases like Wish and Elio barely made a ripple. But Disney’s no stranger to flops, so over the next few weeks this show will dive into four colossal live-action disasters, kicking off with 2010’s Nicolas Cage–led The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (yes, magic and a giant forgettable bird). Where to Catch the Fun Hosted by James and Maso, you can find bonus podcasts, early videos and movie commentaries at bigsandwich.co, or tune into their Extended Audio Edition on YouTube. Don’t forget to follow them on Twitter and support the chaos on Patreon! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

🚀 Introducing Tank 300IQ — A Ricochet Tank Shooter With Adaptive AI Play now: https://en.inithtml.com/tank-300iq/ If you enjoy fast-paced arena shooters, physics-style ricochet mechanics, and bots that actually learn, you’ll probably vibe with Tank 300IQ — a tiny-but-chaotic browser tank game where bullets bounce, tanks dash, and both sides shoot down incoming fire mid-air. Runs directly in your browser (PC + Mobile), no downloads, no account — just play. Tank 300IQ is built around smart ricochet combat and a tactical AI “brain” per difficulty. Each bot adapts based on how you play, storing its behavior profile in localStorage. 5 Difficulty Levels (Easy → Insane) Bots can: Lead shots and analyze angles Perform ricochet & multi-bounce calculation Read distance, danger, and advantage …  ( 7 min )

Una metodología reproducible para generar software real, limpio y escalable usando agentes LLM orquestados por documentos FRD formales. ` Introducción En los últimos meses he estado aplicando un enfoque de desarrollo basado en FRDs (Functional Requirements Documents) orquestados con apoyo de Inteligencia Artificial para construir backends modernos, limpios y escalables. Este método me permitió crear un backend completo —con CRUD, base de datos, autenticación JWT, migraciones y pruebas unitarias— sin caos, sin improvisación y con código limpio desde el primer commit. Algo importante que descubrí durante este proceso es que comencé usando un FRD gigante, un documento único donde describía todas las fases (boilerplate, base de datos, autenticación, pruebas, etc.). Aunque el docume…  ( 9 min )

Use Cases For Developers: Quickly find a starting point for client projects or personal sites without building from scratch For Designers: Browse design patterns and discover what's trending in different categories For Product Makers: Find pre-built templates to launch landing pages faster when validating ideas As an indie developer working on multiple projects, I was constantly searching for templates across different platforms. I realized there was no centralized place to discover templates by the specific features and styles I needed - so I built one. The platform currently aggregates templates from major website builders, making it easier to compare options and find the perfect starting point for your next project. Visit TemplateCAT.net and start exploring. Whether you need a template for your next SaaS landing page, portfolio site, or just want to browse current design trends, you might find exactly what you're looking for. What features would make template discovery even better? Let me know in the comments! P.S. The name? It's a play on "templates by categories" - but also, cats are great at finding things (allegedly). 🐱  ( 6 min )

Complex systems often appear chaotic or incomprehensible, yet closer examination reveals that such complexity can frequently be reduced to a simple underlying mechanism. By systematically removing layers of emergent behavior, one can uncover a fundamental rule or equation from which the entire system originates. While the system described in this article may appear trivial at first glance, the resulting patterns exhibit quasi-fractal behavior that can be analyzed, encoded, and even predicted through symbolic methods. The work presented here was developed independently through direct observation, rather than derived from prior literature. A useful way to motivate this exploration is by analogy with a common physical phenomenon - wave interference. Consider waves on the surface of a river: …  ( 28 min )

Background Current State of Business Retreats Are you familiar with business retreats? They are either intensive brainstorming sessions or employee trips with an emphasis on relaxation. Typically, organizations that mostly operate in a fully remote manner gather about once every six months. The specifics vary by organization, but the one constant is that you are always spending time with other members. Usually, there's some kind of curriculum where everyone gathers in a room to work on activities together. Even during free time, there's pressure to engage in conversations, discussions, and interactions with other members. Sure, you can refresh yourself in an extraordinary environment, temporarily distance yourself from work to relax, and deepen relationships with members. But …  ( 8 min )

FounderForge AI Workspace is a secure, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) platform purpose-built for entrepreneurs and innovators to accelerate the journey from idea to launch. It combines rapid prototyping tools, structured evaluation frameworks, and real-time feedback loops into a single workspace designed for speed, clarity, and investor readiness. 🔑 Core Value Proposition Rapid Prototyping: Entrepreneurs can quickly scaffold MVPs, mockups, and workflows without heavy technical overhead, enabling fast iteration and testing. Idea Validation: Built-in evaluation templates and AI-driven scoring help founders stress-test assumptions, market fit, and scalability potential. Presentation Feedback: Pitch decks, investor briefs, and workflow specs can be uploaded and refined with AI-powered critique, …  ( 6 min )

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What I Built I built Miniviz, a minimalist BI platform to speed up IoT proof-of-concepts (PoCs). https://miniviz.net/ The goal is intentionally simple: Send time-stamped data Store it without heavy setup Visualize it quickly Notify when something crosses a threshold In many PoCs, the pain isn’t the sensor code—it’s everything around it (DB, auth, dashboards, alerts). Miniviz is my attempt to make that “cloud-side glue” thin enough that you can get to a first success fast. In this demo, we'll send a JSON event via curl, check it in the Database view, create a chart, and add an alert — all from a shell terminal, with no Python required. Generate a UNIX timestamp in milliseconds (pure shell): TS=$(($(date +%s%N)/1000000)) Export your credentials: export PROJECT_ID="YOUR_PROJECT_ID" export…  ( 8 min )

Fiberglass perfectly suits motorhome construction. Produced from fiberglass saturated with polyester or epoxy resin.Because of its unique structure, fiberglass contains lightness, strength, durability, and high resistance to external negative influences.Key properties of fiberglass include:High strength at minimal thickness.A 2 mm fiberglass sheet can be comparable or stronger than 6 mm plywood.Good resistance to moisture and temperature swings.Fiberglass does not absorb moisture, does not rot, swell or crack at high temperatures.Possibility to manufacture complex forms and curved components.Compared to plywood and MDF, fiberglass easily forms any curves and shapes, enabling ergonomic shower trays, rounded furniture edges, and custom parts.Moderate weight. This contributes to reducing the …  ( 9 min )

Achieving this certification can significantly enhance career prospects and confirm a candidate's readiness to tackle real-world GIS challenges. Navigating the certification journey requires a structured approach, dedication, and the right resources. This comprehensive guide outlines the key steps and strategies to help individuals confidently pass the Esri ArcGIS Pro Associate exam. The Esri ArcGIS Pro Associate certification signifies a foundational level of expertise in ArcGIS Pro, a powerful desktop GIS application. It is ideal for GIS analysts, technicians, specialists, and students looking to formally validate their skills. This credential not only boosts a professional's resume but also instills confidence in their ability to perform core GIS tasks efficiently. Possessing the Esri A…  ( 11 min )

Introduction I would like to explain the difference between this and super in java with proper examples . this ? this is keyword. this keyword refers current class instance variable and instance method . We have to use this in non-static area only otherwise we get error . This is because this keyword is non-static reference variable . this is by default available in instance block , instance method and constructor After creation of object of the current class . if instance variable and local variable name are same and we want to access instance variable then we have to mention this keyword explicitly. What issuper? super is also keywords . super keyword refers Super class instance variable and instance method . We have to mention super keyword in non-static …  ( 8 min )

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Navigating the complexities of international shipping and customs requires a precise understanding of tariff codes. This comprehensive guide demystifies the process of tariff code lookup, explaining its critical importance, the structure of the Harmonized System, and providing a step-by-step methodology for accurate classification to ensure compliance and avoid costly delays. Introduction: The Gateway to Global Commerce What Exactly is a Tariff Code? The structure is logical and hierarchical: The first six digits are universal across all member countries. For example, 1701.99 refers to "Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form; other sugars, including invert sugar; other." The Critical Importance of an Accurate Tariff Code Lookup Determining Duty Rates: The most direct…  ( 10 min )

Introduction Hello! I’m a developer who is frantically building plugins to make Neovim the most comfortable environment for Unreal Engine development. My goal is to make Neovim function just like a full-fledged IDE (like Rider or Visual Studio) for UE5. tree-sitter-unreal-cpp This step is mandatory to use the new features. For features like AActor class analysis, the Symbols View, and the new Goto Super (described below) to work correctly, please overwrite your plugin config with the following settings (The Wiki has also been updated): { 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter', branch = "main", config = function(_, opts) vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('User', { pattern = 'TSUpdate', callback = function() local parsers = require('nvim-treesitter.parsers') …  ( 9 min )

I’m a web developer — not even a particularly good one. I dropped out twice, loved Human Computer Interaction class (I guess now people call it UX?) and learned CSS when most of my friends studied PHP. 24 years later, I'm sitting in front of my screen, trying Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3. It's quite awesome. But then the thought struck me. I never really tried to do anything other than programming. AI is going to take over my job, and I’m already in my 40s wondering if I can even find another one. “No one makes horse-drawn carriages anymore. No one gets paid to shovel horse shit off the streets. Those used to be full-time jobs—people made horse feed, people designed parking lots for carriages. Those jobs just don’t exist anymore. And nobody is out there trying to bring them back.” — Neil d…  ( 7 min )

Technical stacks shift. Hiring markets mutate. Tooling obsoletes itself every quarter. The only durable advantage is the ability to convert ambiguity into working systems faster than your peers. That isn’t creativity or talent. It’s process. Define the problem in one sentence. Strip every requirement that doesn't change the outcome. Identify the single constraint that governs the system. Build the minimum artifact that validates your assumption. Iterate only on what breaks. Eliminate everything else. This workflow outperforms brilliance, years of experience, and encyclopedic framework knowledge. It produces momentum anywhere: new jobs, new stacks, new domains. It reduces burnout by removing self-inflicted complexity. It turns pressure into throughput. Developers who internalize this stop chasing hype and stop fearing disruption. They become the stabilizing force teams rely on because they execute predictably in volatile conditions. That’s the multiplier. That’s the leverage.  ( 6 min )

Seeing Through the Shine: AI That 'Sculpts' 3D from Reflections Ever tried to 3D scan a shiny object? The reflections throw everything off, making accurate reconstruction nearly impossible. It's like trying to photograph a ghost – the data is there, but distorted. What if AI could learn to ignore the glint and see the underlying shape, like an artist sculpting clay? This is the core idea behind a new approach to 3D reconstruction. Instead of directly interpreting reflected light, a neural network is trained to translate images into a "clay-like" representation. Think of it as the AI re-imagining the object as if it were made of matte, reflection-free material. This intermediary representation, devoid of confusing specular highlights, provides a much cleaner signal for inferring the objec…  ( 7 min )

What if Your AI App Could Generate Revenue in Two Ways Simultaneously? Imagine a world where your AI application not only serves users but also generates revenue through two distinct channels—without compromising user experience. Enter Monetzly, the groundbreaking platform designed to empower developers like you to monetize your AI tools efficiently while seamlessly integrating relevant advertising. In the current landscape of AI applications, monetization can often feel like an uphill battle. Subscriptions, paywalls, and underwhelming ad placements can disrupt user engagement and limit your earning potential. Monetzly shifts the paradigm. Here’s how: Monetize Without Barriers With Monetzly, you can monetize your app without forcing users through paywalls or subscriptions. Instead, you…  ( 7 min )

How Subtle UI Details Make Your Design Stand Out. Practical Techniques for Modern Interfaces Introduction Most UI layouts today are clean, responsive, and technically sound, but they often lack something crucial: personality. In this article, I’ll show how small aesthetic decisions, like parallax depth, environmental motion, soft textures, and micro-details can make a website feel alive. I’ll use my own portfolio as the example, breaking down exactly how I implemented each detail and why it works. Choosing a Primary UI Concept and Its Supporting Details So how do you actually do that? You start small, you think to yourself, "What am I buiding? What am I trying to portray?" With this picture in mind you can now start deciding which theme will be your main focus and which will…  ( 9 min )

配置profile 在子模块中增加 native true org.graalvm.buildtools native-maven-plugin com.github.crazyrunsnail.careportal.module.hospital.CarePortalHospitalApplication process-aot process-aot com.github.crazyrunsnail.careportal.module.hospital.CarePortalHospitalApplication org.projectlombok lombok --> org.springframework.boot--> spring-boot-devtools--> runtime--> true--> --> 运行 mvn -Pnative clean native:compile 增加配置类 MybatisPlusRuntimeHintsRegistrar 和 MyBatisNativeConfiguration 运行 mvn -Pnative clean native:compile  ( 6 min )

Há algumas semanas, eu defini a meta de aprender TypeScript e desenvolver um produto do zero utilizando tudo o que a linguagem de programação tem a oferecer. Sendo alguém com experiência trabalhando com orientação a objetos, migrar para um ambiente multiparadigma me pareceu bastante interessante. Um dos desafios foi trazer os conceitos aplicados em aplicações C# e .NET para o mundo do Node.js, e um desses conceitos foi o Domain-Driven Design. Explicando de forma breve, Domain-Driven Design, ou DDD, é uma abordagem de desenvolvimento de software que foca na complexidade do domínio de negócio, trazendo-o para o centro do desenvolvimento e buscando aproximar os especialistas desse domínio do processo de criação dos sistemas. Ele te fornece algumas ferramentas para lidar melhor com essa comple…  ( 9 min )

SwiftUI makes animation incredibly easy — but smooth, professional, Apple-quality motion requires a deeper understanding of how timing, springs, and transitions really work. In this masterclass, we’ll cover everything you need to build clean, fluid, modern animations that match the feel of Apple’s own apps. This includes: implicit vs explicit animations spring physics timing curves matchedGeometryEffect phase animations interactive gestures + motion real-world patterns you can reuse Let’s level up your animation game. 🚀 Implicit Animation Changes animate automatically when bound to a state. @State private var scale = 1.0 Circle() .scaleEffect(scale) .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.4), value: scale) Just update scale → animation runs. More control — run animation cod…  ( 8 min )

For the past months, I’ve been building PyTogether, an open-sourced, real-time collaborative Python IDE designed specifically for students, education and pair programming purposes. While tools like Replit and VS Code Live Share exist, they often come with significant bloat-paywalls, complex environments, and AI copilots that can actually hinder the learning process for beginners. As a second-year engineering student myself, I wanted to build the opposite: a lightweight, communication-first environment where the code is the focus. The result is a fully free, browser-based IDE with real-time selections, voice/live chat, and shared drawing tools. It currently supports over 500 users. Here is a deep dive into the architecture, the tech stack, and the specific engineering hurdles I faced buil…  ( 8 min )

Breaking Down the Cost of Healthcare: Medicare Beneficiaries to Reap Benefits from Falling Drug Prices The rising cost of prescription medications has been a pressing concern for many Americans, particularly those relying on Medicare for their healthcare coverage. For years, the prices of certain medications have continued to soar, leaving many individuals struggling to afford the treatments they need. However, a recent development is set to bring some much-needed relief to Medicare beneficiaries. A Glimmer of Hope: Discounts on GLP-1 Medications In a significant move, Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, has announced that prices for these treatments will be falling sharply in 2027. This news is particularly welcome for Medicare beneficiaries, who have lo…  ( 7 min )

Hook: the problem and the promise You want to sell online without reinventing core infrastructure: hosting, payments, security, and scaling. Shopify promises to offload those operational burdens so you can iterate on product, UX, and growth with predictable reliability. This article explains why Shopify is worth considering from a technical perspective, what trade-offs you’ll accept, and practical tips to build fast, scalable stores and headless experiences. Shopify is a managed ecommerce platform that combines hosting, a secure checkout, payment integrations, and a rich app ecosystem. For small teams and solo founders, that means less DevOps and faster time-to-market. For engineering teams, it provides APIs to build custom frontends and integrations while keeping the heavy lifting centr…  ( 8 min )

Cloud computing provides on demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage, databases, and applications over the internet. It enables scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency compared to traditional on premises infrastructure. In Microsoft Azure, a Resource Group is a logical container that holds related resources for a solution. Virtual machines, databases, storage accounts, and networking components can all be grouped together, making it easier to manage, monitor, and apply policies. Resource groups support lifecycle management (deploy, update, delete), role based access control, and cost tracking. In our exercise, we will demonstrate how to configure FTP server and create resource group, storage account, virtual network, Network Security Group and associate with o…  ( 8 min )

The Rise of the Nordic Startup Ecosystem: A Booming Success Story Introduction The Nordic region, comprising countries such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland, has long been known for its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. In recent years, the region has experienced a significant boom in its startup ecosystem, with a surge in the number of successful startups and a growing interest from investors. In this article, we will delve into the factors contributing to this success and explore the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. A Thriving Ecosystem The Nordic startup ecosystem has been gaining momentum in recent years, with a growing number of successful startups emerging from the region. According to a report by Startup Genome, the Nordic region is home to over 1,…  ( 8 min )

The company had planned to invest up to $500 million in Uruguay, but cited high energy prices and regulatory hurdles as reasons for its pullout.

The project utilizes a blockchain infrastructure developed with Tanssi's technology, enabling predictable transaction fees and reliability, rather than relying on public blockchains.

The tokenized share class provides investors with blockchain-based access to Amundi’s euro cash fund, enabling faster, round-the-clock trading.

Hedera's token rallies on institutional flows as derivatives positioning shifts bullish across multiple timeframes.

The U.K. released new guidelines that include rules for crypto exchanges to start providing the British tax authority with full customer information on all their digital assets.

Crypto-related stocks are higher across the board, led by the bitcoin miners.

A fast 36% reset for bitcoin marked by unusual dominance behavior and a market wide deleveraging.

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 28, 2025

Bitcoin crept back toward $92,000 as markets slowly recovered from last week’s heavy sell-off, but mounting resistance threatens to keep the broader downtrend intact.

Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio expands its allocation to the iShares Bitcoin Trust amid rising institutional demand.

KuCoin EU obtained a Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation license in Austria, allowing it to offer regulated services across the EEA.

Upbit said it reimbursed all 38.6 billion won in member assets from its reserves.

Implied volatility indices tied to bitcoin and the S&P 500 have erased the recent spike, offering bullish price signals.

Traders have quickly re-priced the macro backdrop as the probability of a 25 bps cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting has surged from 39% to almost 87% in a matter of days.

On Thursday, South Korea's largest digital asset exchange, Upbit, suspended deposits and withdrawals after detecting unusual activity in the Solana network tokens.

Wallet interfaces typically summarize instructions as a single swap, and the bundled transaction executes atomically—meaning users unknowingly sign off on both.

The $0.150 level is now a critical support point, with further declines likely if it is breached.

XRP needs to reclaim $2.20 and break $2.23–$2.24 to regain upward momentum, as technical indicators remain bearish.

The issues began immediately at launch, when transactions failed because the contract contained an incorrect SaleUUID, requiring a 4-of-6 multisig update.

Flowdesk and QCP see short covering and dip buying supporting BTC around $90,000, while prediction markets assign low odds of a push toward $96,000.

Agent memory remains a problem that enterprises want to fix, as agents forget some instructions or conversations the longer they run.  Anthropic believes it has solved this issue for its Claude Agent SDK, developing a two-fold solution that allows an agent to work across different context windows. “The core challenge of long-running agents is that they must work in discrete sessions, and each new session begins with no memory of what came before,” Anthropic wrote in a blog post. “Because context windows are limited, and because most complex projects cannot be completed within a single window, agents need a way to bridge the gap between coding sessions.” Anthropic engineers proposed a two-fold approach for its Agent SDK: An initializer agent to set up the environment, and a coding agent to …

Hello, dear readers. Happy belated Thanksgiving and Black Friday! This year has felt like living inside a permanent DevDay. Every week, some lab drops a new model, a new agent framework, or a new “this changes everything” demo. It’s overwhelming. But it’s also the first year I’ve felt like AI is finally diversifying — not just one or two frontier models in the cloud, but a whole ecosystem: open and closed, giant and tiny, Western and Chinese, cloud and local. So for this Thanksgiving edition, here’s what I’m genuinely thankful for in AI in 2025 — the releases that feel like they’ll matter in 12–24 months, not just during this week’s hype cycle. 1. OpenAI kept shipping strong: GPT-5, GPT-5.1, Atlas, Sora 2 and open weights As the company that undeniably birthed the "generative AI" era with …

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new reinforcement learning (RL) framework that helps train large language models (LLMs) for complex agentic tasks beyond well-defined problems such as math and coding.  Their framework, Agent-R1, is compatible with popular RL algorithms and shows considerable improvement on reasoning tasks that require multiple retrieval stages and multi-turn interactions with tools.  The framework is built on a redefinition of the RL paradigm that takes into account the dynamic nature of agentic applications that require interacting with evolving environments and imperfect information. This framing is much more similar to real-world applications and can have important uses for agentic tasks in enterprise settings. Rethinking…

Today Quincy Larson interviews Andrea Griffiths, who taught herself programming using freeCodeCamp while working in construction. She moved to the US from Colombia when she was 17, and within 6 months she joined the US Army. She ran a chain of gyms b...  ( 5 min )

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What we still don’t know about weight-loss drugs Weight-loss drugs have been back in the news this week. First, we heard that Eli Lilly, the company behind Mounjaro and Zepbound, became the first…  ( 22 min )

Weight-loss drugs have been back in the news this week. First, we heard that Eli Lilly, the company behind the drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, became the first healthcare company in the world to achieve a trillion-dollar valuation. Those two drugs, which are prescribed for diabetes and obesity respectively, are generating billions of dollars in revenue for…  ( 24 min )

Sarawak’s homegrown digital identity platform, SarawakPass, is set to be linked with the federal MyDigital ID system as part of a push toward a seamless national digital identification ecosystem. The move follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today on 28 November 2025 between the state’s government and the National Cyber Security Agency (Nacsa). State […] The post SarawakPass To Be Integrated With MyDigital ID In 2026 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

The ongoing global memory shortage appears to be hitting a new and unexpected victim: NVIDIA. The company has benefited massively from the AI boom, but a fresh set of rumours suggests it might now be feeling the squeeze from the very demand surge it helped drive. According to leaker Golden Pig Upgrade on Weibo, NVIDIA […] The post NVIDIA Rumoured To Stop Supplying VRAM With GPUs Amid Global Memory Shortage appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 36 min )

Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme), one of the most well-known independent vehicle safety organisations, has recently announced a series of updates to its testing procedures to better reflect modern driving conditions. These changes are set to take effect from 2026 onwards. According to the organisation, many of the updates are based on feedback […] The post Euro NCAP Reveals Safety Rating Overhaul For 2026 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

It’s not an understatement to say that AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology has been a critical success and massive hit amongst gamers, the news of them committing seppuku on specific motherboard brands notwithstanding. Intel has clearly been feeling the sting of this, which is probably why there are now rumours of the brand making Nova Lake […] The post Intel Rumoured To Have Four Nova Lake CPUs With 144MB Of bLLC Cache appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Last week, Google announced that it has added support for AirDrop to Quick Share, allowing for Android and iOS users to seamlessly transfer files. However, Pixel 10 users have quickly discovered a problem with the feature. More specifically, their devices would lose WiFi connectivity. On Google’s support forum, user JayMZ reported that after updating to […] The post AirDrop-Supported Quick Share Breaks WiFi On Pixel 10 Devices appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has announced a major update to the login method for the MyJPJ platform. Starting 1 February 2026, all users aged 18 and above will be required to sign in via MyDigital ID. This transition will phase out the existing username-and-password login option for adult users. According to the department, the […] The post JPJ: MyDigital ID To Be Sole Login Method On App Starting February 2026 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Johor’s emergence as the nation’s data centre hub has taken a toll on the state’s water supply. Amid such concerns, the Johor government has declared that it will no longer approve Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres. These data centres are categorised as high water users, guzzling roughly 200 times more water than Tier […] The post No More Approvals For Tier 1 And Tier 2 Data Centres In Johor appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Leapmotor has officially launched its new B05 fully electric hatchback in its domestic market, where it is also known as the Lafa 5. The debut confirms details previously reported on both the exterior and interior, while also revealing the full variant lineup for China, which comprises five options: 515 Plus, 515 Pro, 515 Max, 605 […] The post Leapmotor Launches New B05 EV In China appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Samsung Pay now works with a broad network of e-commerce merchants in Malaysia, including Samsung’s own online store. Samsung enabled this through a collaboration with payment service provider Fiuu. The move aims to push Samsung’s wallet feature beyond walk-in stores and deeper into the fast-growing online shopping space, with Fiuu powering the backend that makes […] The post Samsung Pay Now Works For Online Purchases In Malaysia appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) has recently launched its answer to Waze and Google Maps. Developed in collaboration with Prosignal Consortium Sdn Bhd, the TuJu Highway Navigation App is available for download via the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. As with any navigation app, TuJu comes with the usual fare of features. […] The post LLM Debuts TuJu Highway Navigation App With Toll And R&R Info appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Earlier this month, an Italian online retail store named MediaWorld made a rather epic snafu: It accidentally labelled the 13-inch iPad Air units it was selling for US$17 (~RM70), instead of the average RM3,699 that it typically cost. Naturally, several eagle-eyed customers noticed the pricing and swooped in to snag their unit(s) of the 13-inch […] The post Italian Retailer Accidentally Sold iPad Airs For US$17 And Now Wants Them Back appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Another month, another melted 12VHPWR adapter on an RTX 5090 and more specifically, an MSI RTX 5090. In this most recent tale of burnt-out adapter, the head didn’t just fizzle: it fused together with the power port of the GPU. The post of the affected MSI RTX 5090 was first posted on Reddit by Redditor […] The post Another MSI RTX 5090 12VHPWR Ports Burns Out, This Time Fusing Itself To The GPU appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Valve is hosting its Black Friday sales on Steam, making it the first time the digital distributor and video game market has ever had a sale on said day. To be fair, it does put a very public disclaimer in the form of an asterisk on its call-to-arms for gamers to shop. Whatever the case, […] The post Steam Hosts First-Ever Black Friday Sale; Discounts Galore appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Ever since its launch, Maybank’s MAE app has been helping Malaysians take care of all their digital banking needs. And for five years and counting, the banking service has grown exponentially, keeping up with both the needs and wants of its customers. Since its inception to today, the app now hosts a wide variety of […] The post MAE App: Celebrating Five Years Of Digital Banking Excellence appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 40 min )

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Designing High-Performance Fintech SaaS with Redis and CDNs A practical, junior-friendly guide using AWS, Kubernetes, and Nginx When I talk to teams building fintech or SaaS products, the conversation usually starts with features: “We need virtual cards.” “We need real-time notifications.” “We need a new reporting dashboard.” But most users only really notice one thing: speed. A payment confirmation screen that spins for 7–8 seconds, A dashboard that feels sluggish on mobile data, An app that occasionally “hangs” during peak hours. In finance, that’s not just annoying – it quietly erodes trust. If the app feels slow or unreliable, users wonder whether their money is safe, not whether your Kubernetes manifests are clean. In this article, I’ll walk through how I think about performance in…  ( 14 min )

Here's what I keep seeing: marketers celebrating their GA4 migration like they've crossed some finish line, when really they've just shown up to the starting blocks. The default segments Google hands you? They're fine for surface-level reporting. But if you're still relying on "Purchasers" and "New Users" to drive your strategy in late 2025, you're basically reading the CliffsNotes and wondering why you don't understand the plot. The real power in GA4 lives in custom segments. Not the ones everyone builds (we get it, you can segment mobile vs desktop). The ones that expose actual behavior patterns—the kind that make you rethink your entire funnel strategy at 11 PM on a Tuesday. I've spent the last year building, breaking, and rebuilding custom segments for clients across e-commerce, SaaS, …  ( 11 min )

For many years, I've used Process to call Terminal commands from my macOS apps. Process is an old technology, formerly known as NSTask. It works, but it's complicated to set up and it can have issues. The Swift language team have now published a modern alternative called Subprocess. Since I'm currently using Process in my Man Reader app and in my macOS Apps Step by Step book, I thought it was time to assess the new option and see if I should swap to it. I started by creating a sample project using the macOS App template. Then I added the package dependency by searching for https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-subprocess. This also adds swift-system which the ReadMe says provides idiomatic interfaces to system calls and low-level currency types. Next, I removed the App Sandbox in Target -> Si…  ( 11 min )

If you only meet Grok as the witty chatbot inside X, it’s easy to forget there’s a very serious, very expensive machine humming behind the sarcasm. Under that rebellious personality sits a frontier-scale training stack built on tens of thousands of GPUs, a custom JAX + Rust + Kubernetes system, and a data engine that continuously ingests both the open web and the firehose of X posts. This article takes a product-neutral, infrastructure-first look at Grok: how the model family is structured, how the training pipeline works, what sort of cluster you need to train something like Grok-1, and how real-time X integration actually plugs into the serving stack. Think of it as a systems engineer’s tour of xAI’s choices—similar in spirit to Macaron’s deep technical breakdowns of GPT, Claude and Gemi…  ( 15 min )

Unveiling the Hidden Geometry That Supercharges Neural Nets Ever wonder how a simple neural network can learn such complex patterns? Do seemingly random networks learn to identify objects regardless of their size or location? What if the secret lies in a fundamental, self-organizing principle that automatically encodes multi-scale understanding into the network itself? Imagine a blueprint for the universe, where every location reflects information about all locations nearby. Now, picture that blueprint spontaneously forming within your neural network as it trains. Recent discoveries suggest that neural networks, even relatively simple ones, spontaneously develop a multi-scale geometric structure during the learning process. This structure, a kind of inherent map, allows them to efficient…  ( 7 min )

Introduction For the last few weeks, I've been experimenting with something simple on the surface but surprisingly difficult in execution: Publishing a blog post to multiple platforms from inside an AI agent. Not via API scripts. Not via UI automation. Not via manual copy-paste. I'm talking about a true "write once → publish everywhere" workflow powered by MCP (Model Context Protocol). And the best part? This exact blog post you're reading right now was published through my MCP server. If you write blogs regularly—especially technical blogs—you probably deal with this: One version for Hashnode One version for Dev.to Maybe a copy for your personal site Slight formatting differences Lots of copy-paste And sometimes… forgetting to post on one platform For years, nothing has deeply solved th…  ( 7 min )

I didn't rewrite the library because it was broken - I rewrote it because I outgrew it. Five years. That's how long I've been maintaining timepicker-ui - a framework-agnostic time picker library that started as my "learn TypeScript properly" project. Last week, I shipped v4.0.0, a complete architectural rewrite that breaks almost everything. And honestly? It feels great. I didn't want to "play with TypeScript" - I wanted to learn it for real. And the fastest way to do that is to build something painful enough to expose all your mistakes. A time picker was perfect: Native was inconsistent across browsers, Material Design's version was locked to Google's ecosystem, and the component was small enough to finish but complex enough to teach real lessons. TypeScript caught …  ( 10 min )

If you follow frontier AI, you’ve probably noticed that xAI’s Grok has gone from “edgy Twitter chatbot” to a serious challenger to GPT, Gemini and Claude in barely two years. Grok now powers the AI assistant on X, appears in cloud providers’ model catalogs, and even has an ultra-premium “Heavy” tier aimed at power users and enterprises. At the same time, rumors and early reporting around “Grok 5” talk about a step-change in reasoning, multi-agent orchestration and truth-seeking features that could matter a lot if you’re choosing models for products in 2026. Grok is xAI’s family of large language models and the chatbot built on top of them, originally pitched as an AI with a “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” attitude—more irreverent, more willing to answer controversial questions, and dee…  ( 14 min )

En ny verklighet för textanalys i 2025 Utvecklingen av moderna språkmodeller har skapat en helt ny verklighet för alla som arbetar med texter. Från akademiska miljöer till marknadsföringsbyråer och journalistiska redaktioner finns samma grundläggande fråga: hur avgör man om en text verkligen är skriven av en människa? Det som för tio år sedan var en fråga om att hitta kopierade stycken har idag blivit en kamp mot alltmer sofistikerade LLM-system som kan formulera sig flytande, anpassa tonfall och till och med efterlikna mänsklig variation. I denna artikel görs en fördjupad analys av hur PlagiatKontroll klarar sig mot dessa nya typer av texter och hur den praktiska jämförelse av PlagiatKontroll LLM tests visar verktygets styrkor och begränsningar. Varför AI-texter utmanar traditionella verk…  ( 8 min )

Continuous Integration (CI) enables development teams to automatically build, test, and validate application changes whenever code is committed to a repository. In Azure environments, Azure Pipelines provides a robust CI service that integrates seamlessly with platforms like GitHub and Azure Repos. By configuring CI with Azure Pipelines, teams can automate the process of building container images, run tests, and securely pushing updated images to Azure Container Registry (ACR). This automated workflow ensures consistent deployments, reduces manual errors, and supports a scalable DevOps lifecycle for applications running on Azure Container Apps. Configure Pipeline1 to use the self-hosted agent pool Open a browser window, navigate to https://dev.azure.com, and then open your Azure DevOps org…  ( 8 min )

I love Vercel. The developer experience (DX) of connecting your Github, choosing your repo, and clicking deploy is magical. But I have a lot of side projects. And as soon as I need a few more resources, want to kick off a background worker, hit a bandwidth limit, the "Vercel Tax" kicks in. The pricing jumps significantly compared to the raw cost of compute. As we all know, Vercel is one big AWS wrapper. On the other hand, a $5 DigitalOcean or especially Hetzner VPS is incredibly cheap and powerful, but nobody wants to move from Vercel to this, as you've now got to deal with configuring Nginx, setting up Let's Encrypt, patching security updates, rolling automated deployments, and creating backups. I wanted the Vercel experience, but on my own hardware, and the current tools just didn't cut…  ( 7 min )

Most .NET developers meet this error at least once: An error was generated for warning 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations.PendingModelChangesWarning': The model for context 'ApplicationDbContext' has pending changes. Add a new migration before updating the database. You’re just running: dotnet ef database update …and EF Core essentially answers: “Your C# model and your migrations are out of sync. I refuse to update the database until you fix that.” This post turns that frustrating moment into an architectural superpower: You’ll really understand where this warning comes from. You’ll know when to create a migration and when to revert code instead. You’ll see how to safely reset dev databases. You’ll even see how to disable the warning (and why you almost never should). We’ll use EF…  ( 13 min )

Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins takes on Fantastic Four, pointing out all the “sinstastic” moments (even though it’s “not bad” overall) in under 20 minutes—courtesy of sponsor BetterHelp, which offers a discount for your first month of therapy. They also shout out their website, YouTube channels (@TVSins @commercialsins @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), poll, Patreon, Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, and introduce the writing team behind the video. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

John Carter – Caravan Of Garbage kicks off a week-by-week deep dive into Disney’s biggest live-action misfires, starting with 2010’s Nic Cage vehicle The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. With Marvel and Star Wars on shaky ground and new titles like Wish and Elio failing to hit, the hosts frame Disney’s current slump as just the latest chapter in its long history of massive flops. For bonus content—early videos, extended audio editions, podcasts and more—head to bigsandwich.co. You can also catch movie commentaries and game let’s-plays, follow James (@mrsundaymovies) and Maso (@wikipediabrown) on Twitter, or support the show on Patreon. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

What Is HATEOAS? A Complete Guide + Build Your Own App Using Hypermedia 🔥 Anthony Max ・ Nov 27 #webdev #javascript #programming #opensource  ( 5 min )

tl;dr: I spent five years interviewing SA candidates at AWS. Comprehensive AWS training doesn't correlate with hire decisions. Production talk and clear thinking do. Now that I'm external, I can say it plainly: most interview prep is wasted effort. I was a Principal SA at AWS for two years. I sat on hiring panels as a Manager after that for three years. I made hire/no-hire decisions. I watched hundreds of candidates prepare the wrong way and then blame themselves for not studying hard enough. Now that I've left, I can say this plainly without corporate-speak: your comprehensive AWS study guide is doing more harm than good. We don't care if you memorized the Well-Architected Framework. We didn't care if you studied all 200 AWS services. We cared if you could think clearly about tradeoffs, d…  ( 12 min )

If you’re getting into cybersecurity, ethical hacking, or network engineering, you’ll quickly hear the name Nmap. When I started learning Nmap, it felt overwhelming - so many flags, so many scan types, so many outputs. At the same time, I’m building a small tool in Go that works like Nmap, which forced me to understand what Nmap actually does behind the scenes. This article is a simple introduction to Nmap for beginners — no assumptions, no jargon overload. Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free and open-source tool used to discover hosts, open ports, running services, OS information, and much more. Think of Nmap as a "network Sherlock Holmes" — it asks questions like: Who is online? Which ports are open? What services are running? What OS might this machine be using? Even if you’re not a pentest…  ( 8 min )

If 2023 was the year AI went mainstream, 2025 is the year the “one model to rule them all” myth finally broke. Instead of a single obvious winner, we now have a crowded frontier: OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 powering ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini 3 Pro running across Search and the Gemini app, Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 4.5, and xAI’s Grok 4 promising “the most intelligent model in the world.” Each vendor declares their model the smartest, safest, or most “agentic” — and the benchmarks look like a bowl of alphabet soup: HLE, ARC-AGI-2, SWE-Bench, GPQA, OSWorld. So if you’re a builder, founder, or power user, which one is actually the best AI model in 2025? The short answer is: it depends less on IQ points and more on what you’re trying to ship. The longer answer — and the goal of this article — is to sho…  ( 14 min )

What Is HATEOAS? A Complete Guide + Build Your Own App Using Hypermedia 🔥 Anthony Max ・ Nov 27 #webdev #javascript #programming #opensource  ( 5 min )

GitHub - hmpl-language/examples: List of sample applications on HMPL List of sample applications on HMPL. Contribute to hmpl-language/examples development by creating an account on GitHub. github.com  ( 6 min )

An autopsy of OpenAI's shopping integration: How humans chose to fine-tune a $4B neural network for Walmart checkouts while the actual infrastructure still breaks. AI isn't taking jobs — people are using it to fire people. Names, dates, receipts. Time of Death: September 29, 2025 THE BODY On September 29, 2025, OpenAI and Stripe launched the "Agentic Commerce Protocol." [1] Not a cure for disease. Not a breakthrough in education. A shopping cart. Within weeks, Walmart — the nation's largest retailer — Etsy, and over a million Shopify merchants (Glossier, SKIMS, Spanx, Vuori, Steve Madden) signed on. [2] Eight hundred million ChatGPT users could now buy directly in chat. [3] CEO Doug McMillon called it the end of "a search bar and a long list of item responses." [4] Sam Altman, cofounder of…  ( 9 min )

My terminal was sluggish. Every time I opened a new tab, there was this annoying delay before I could start typing. I decided to dig into it, and with Claude Code's help, I went from a 770ms startup time to just 40ms. That's a 19x improvement. It wasn't that I accumulated too much tooling. Most things I have in my .zshrc, I needed, but each thing I tacked on added to my shell startup time. I honestly hadn't looked into this and just lived with it. Then, John Lindquist posted this the other day so I figured, let Claude Code speed it up for me. // Detect dark theme var iframe = document.getElementById('tweet-1993037322984866168-791'); if (document.body.className.includes('dark-theme')) { iframe.src = "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1993037322984866168&theme=dar…  ( 10 min )

A few months ago, I was at a barbershop and noticed something important: three customers left because their appointments were mixed up. It made me realize how many businesses lose time and energy simply because their booking tools are not clear or automated. That moment gave me the idea to build something better. Today, I’m happy to share that Rezzervo is live — a clean and modern booking system designed to make scheduling easier for everyone. Rezzervo supports: • Analytics dashboard It helps business stay on track, stay organized, and offer a smooth booking experience without extra effort. If you know someone who could use a system like this, feel free to share it with them. You can also go and try it out for free on: https://rezzervo.com More helpful features are on the way. 🚀  ( 6 min )

Frontend development has evolved far beyond making static web pages. We're not just coding; we're crafting accessible, high-performance, and scalable digital experiences. A modern frontend engineer is the ultimate bridge—connecting design, user experience (UX), and core engineering principles. With an overwhelming number of tools and techniques available, it's easy to get lost. This guide cuts through the noise to focus on the essential skills that build real value, mapped from Intern to Senior. These are the bedrock skills that never go out of style. HTML is the unshakeable foundation. Mastering it means building an inherently better product. Core Skill Why It Matters (The "Why") Semantic HTML Improves SEO, accessibility, and maintainability. Makes your structure clear to browser…  ( 10 min )

When you work on multiple front-end projects at scale, consistency and automation quickly become key. At Prisma Media, we wanted every merge request to focus on actual logic changes, not formatting or stylistic details. We had relied on the classic linting stack: ESLint for JavaScript and TypeScript, StyleLint for CSS and Prettier for consistent formatting. With VS Code Workspaces configured for auto-format on save, code reviews became cleaner and formatting discussions disappeared. This article explains how we simplified this stack by migrating to Biome, a single tool that handles linting and formatting across multiple front-end languages. Before Biome, our front-end projects relied on the classic trio: ESLint, StyleLint and Prettier. Over time, the linting stack grew to cover more langua…  ( 9 min )

Surely most people have encountered the concept of HATEOAS at least once, but what exactly is it? In fact, this is a rather old, but very interesting topic even today, which has not lost its relevance in development. In this article, we will cover the basics and create our first simple application that will reflect this topic. Ready? Then let's get to the topic! Many would start with a definition, but without some understanding, we'll naturally leave it at that for now. Let's first look at how our app works. Let's say we have a typical SPA application built on some popular framework. Let's review how we retrieve data from it. We retrieve data from API routes defined in advance on the client, but what if the route changes? What if we work in a large company with several thousand employees …  ( 9 min )

AWS re:Invent runs next week, December 2-6, 2025, in Las Vegas. In the weeks leading up to pre:Invent announcements, staying up to speed is a challenge. With the constant stream of AWS news, even those of us embedded in the ecosystem struggle to keep up. To stay up to speed on all announcements, check out aws-news.com. It's now the de facto way to stay on top of what's new year-round. In this article, we're sharing: 10 announcements across Governance, Risk, Compliance, Security, Organisation Management and AI that matter for building resilient, well-governed, secure systems, as well as responsible AI systems. Chosen because we think they'll make a meaningful impact for our customers and the broader ecosystem. Creating this post helps us research each announcement and dissect its implicatio…  ( 13 min )

Introduction. In our country Kenya, the agriculture sector contributes greatly to our economy. Agriculture contributes significantly to exports earnings, food security and job The KPI cards. Combo chart. Map chart. Column chart Line chart. The line chart shows how revenue changed across the harvesting months. It also shows how profit increases and decreases over time. Pie chart Interactive filters. Insights. Importance of the dashboard. Conclusion. The dashboard makes agricultural data easy to understand. It helps compare regions and see trends which helps to improve farming in Kenya. Farmers can be helped with this dashboard to know where to make improvements to increase yield  ( 7 min )

TLS # generate TLS cert and key openssl command [ options ... ] [ parameters ... ] About TLS we will mainly focus on 3 levels/types encryption in this article. inside cluster communication (/etc/kubernetes/pki/*) client (kubectl) communicate with apiserver(~/.kube/config) application level communication (TLS Secrets) 1.1 PKI files PKI files in /etc/kubernetes/pki/ secure: kubelet ↔ apiserver (mTLS) scheduler ↔ apiserver controller-manager ↔ apiserver apiserver ↔ etcd (in some setups) kube-proxy ↔ apiserver These ensure control-plane communication is always encrypted and authenticated. ~/.kube/config stores: the API server URL (HTTPS) the CA certificate user’s client certificate/key This ensures: kubectl connects to apiserver using TLS apiserv…  ( 7 min )

From Waste to Website: Eivan's 'Trash to Treasure' Revolution Powered by Creativity and Digital Tools In an era defined by rapid consumption and increasing environmental concerns, the story of Eivan emerges as a beacon of hope, innovation, and artistic brilliance. Inspired by the unprecedented challenges and quiet introspection brought about by the global pandemic, Eivan embarked on a truly remarkable journey: the 'Trash to Treasure' project. This initiative transcends mere art; it’s a powerful statement on sustainability, a call to rethink our relationship with waste, and a testament to the boundless potential of human creativity. Eivan meticulously transforms discarded cardboard boxes into breathtaking works of art, not only giving new life to forgotten materials but also highlighting th…  ( 9 min )

AI-powered search engines are becoming the primary way people discover information online. Instead of browsing long lists of links, users now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot for recommendations — and these systems return one single, authoritative answer. That means a brand is either included in the response or ignored entirely. This fundamental shift has created demand for AI ranking tools — platforms that help businesses understand and improve how they appear inside AI-generated answers. These tools analyze visibility, track brand mentions, and reveal keyword and prompt opportunities across multiple AI engines. Below are the three most impactful AI ranking tools in 2025, with AI Rank Checker leading due to its combined ability to optimize and track visibility across…  ( 8 min )

Full-stack devs who combine AI, cloud, and serverless skills are the unicorns of 2025 building scalable solutions with less code, faster. Why it matters for devs: AI: Automates repetitive tasks like code generation, testing, and optimization. Cloud: Enables global scalability without managing physical infrastructure. Serverless: Lets you deploy features instantly, pay per use, and focus on logic over ops. Mastering these three areas means you can deliver high-impact solutions faster and stay ahead in the evolving tech landscape.  ( 6 min )

The task is to implement the function Object.is() The boilerplate code function is(a, b) { // your code here } Object.is() works the same way except for 2 special cases. +0 and -0 are the same, but Object.is() says they are different. Also, NaN === NaN is false, but Object.is() says they are the same. With that in mind, if +0 and -0 look equal, check if they have the same sign. It is checked by dividing 1 by both if (a === b) { return a !== 0 || 1 / a === 1 / b; } For NaN, check if the value is equal to itself return a !== a && b !== b; The final code function is(a, b) { // your code here if(a === b) { return a !== 0 || 1 / a === 1 / b; } return a !== a && b !== b; } That's all folks!  ( 6 min )

While the West has been captivated by its own financial theater, the foundations are trembling. For nearly sixteen years since the 2008 crisis, the U.S. economy has swept its real problems under the rug, choosing instead to inflate a succession of asset bubbles. This policy created a distorted reality, masking deep-seated issues like wealth inequality and a weakening real economy. The pandemic only accelerated this process, with massive liquidity injections providing a temporary lifeline that blew yet another layer of froth onto an already precarious market. This isn't just another cycle; it's a dangerous parallel to the stagflationary trap of the 1970s, a dynamic we have been tracking for five years. The music is slowing, and the signs of a major market dislocation are now too obvious to …  ( 10 min )

Introduction When working with Serilog writing to a log file configured with a rolling interval, Serilog does not expose the log file name. Learn how to obtain the last log file written to using FileSystemGlobbing. The base path and file name are stored in appsettings.json under the section SerilogSection. { "SerilogSection": { "FileName": "LogFiles/EF-Log.txt" } } Model public class SerilogSection { public string FileName { get; set; } public string Folder => Path.GetDirectoryName(FileName); } Class to configure Serilog, which creates a new file every minute for demonstration rather than one log per day. internal class SetupLogging { public static void Development() { var fileName = ConfigurationHelpers.GetSerilogFileName(); Log.Logger = new Lo…  ( 7 min )

As AI engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot become primary search channels, ranking on Google is no longer enough. Millions of users now ask AI assistants for recommendations, and the answers they receive are generated instantly from combined knowledge sources. There is no list of web results, no page two, and no opportunity to “rank later.” Either your brand appears in the answer — or it doesn’t. This shift has created an entirely new need: AI search ranking tools. These platforms measure how often your brand shows up in AI responses, reveal which phrases trigger visibility, and provide insights to help you improve your ranking inside AI-generated answers. Below are the three best AI search ranking tools, with AI Rank Checker leading as the only fully dedicated A…  ( 8 min )

Most teams still design open graph images manually — opening a file, adjusting text, exporting, re-uploading. It works for a few posts… but breaks completely once you publish at any sort of scale. This guide shows how to automate open graph image generation using the Contentdrips API. You'll turn any blog title, description, or author name into a clean, branded open graph image — generated instantly with one API call. For example, this one: You can grab ready-made templates here: 👉 Contentdrips Templates And you can get a free API key (no credit card required) here: 👉 API Management Manually creating these preview images leads to: Inconsistent designs Outdated brand elements Missing images when publishing fast Time wasted building the same layout again Zero automation possibiliti…  ( 8 min )

Introduction Modern microservices require clean separation of concerns, testable code, and efficient inter-service communication. In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll explore three powerful patterns that work together to create maintainable, scalable Go applications: gRPC for fast, type-safe service-to-service communication Dependency Injection using Uber Fx for clean architecture Hexagonal Architecture for flexible, testable business logic By the end of this article, you'll understand how to combine these patterns to build professional-grade microservices in Go. gRPC is a high-performance, open-source framework developed by Google. The name stands for Google Remote Procedure Call. Let's break down what that means. A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a protocol that allows a program on one…  ( 22 min )

Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Cousin Sal are back on The Ringer’s Rewatchables, firing up their favorite Monday night parlay to revisit the 2005 sports thriller Two for the Money. They riff on Matthew McConaughey’s rookie betting star, Al Pacino’s maverick mentor and Rene Russo’s tough-as-nails bookmaker with plenty of laughs along the way. They kick off with a cold open (00:00), dive into the nitty-gritty of on-screen sports betting (1:53), debate the most rewatchable scene (30:13) and wrap up with their signature “categories” round (48:33). Along the way, Subaru’s Share the Love® Event and State Farm step in as proud sponsors. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters unloads CinemaSins’ signature snark on the new movie in a rapid-fire, 16-minute roast, complete with links to their main site, social channels (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram), a fan poll, and a Patreon pitch to keep the sin machine running. The video’s writing squad—Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel—gets a shout-out, and viewers are reminded to hop into their Discord, Reddit, and even snag Jeremy’s book for more behind-the-scenes fun. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins just dropped a bite-sized “Everything Wrong With The Fantastic Four: First Steps In 20 Minutes Or Less,” sponsored by BetterHelp. True to form, they find their share of “sintastic” moments in the MCU reboot even though it’s “not bad,” dishing out quips on every cringe-worthy beat. They round out the vid with links to their main site, YouTube spin-offs (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), social polls, Patreon support, and a shout-out to the writers squad (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) plus community hangouts on Discord and Reddit. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

When working with ForgeRock DS, generating realistic test data can be a tedious task. However, with the help of make-ldif, you can automate the process and save time. In this article, we'll explore advanced techniques for generating test data using make-ldif. By leveraging this tool, you'll be able to create a wide range of test data, from user profiles to group memberships. With realistic test data, you'll be able to simulate real-world scenarios and test your DS configurations more effectively. Make-ldif is a powerful tool that allows you to create LDIF files containing the data you need. By combining it with your ForgeRock DS instance, you can generate test data quickly and efficiently. In this article, we'll cover the steps to get started with make-ldif and provide you with some advanced techniques to take your testing to the next level. Read more: Advanced Techniques for Generating Test Data Using make-ldif in ForgeRock DS  ( 6 min )

As we dive into the world of synthetic data, one concept that often gets overlooked is the idea of "information-theoretic" synthetic data. In essence, this approach focuses on generating data that not only mimics the statistical properties of the original data but also captures the underlying relationships and patterns within it. This is achieved through the use of techniques like generative adversarial networks (GANs) and variational autoencoders (VAEs), which can learn to represent complex data distributions in a compact and meaningful way. The benefits of information-theoretic synthetic data are numerous. For instance, it can be used to create synthetic data that is not only realistic but also consistent with the underlying mechanisms that generated the original data. This can be particularly useful in fields like healthcare, where synthetic data can be used to create realistic patient simulations for training medical AI models. By generating data that is not only realistic but also informative, we can unlock new insights and applications that were previously inaccessible. Publicado automáticamente  ( 6 min )

This article is a less technical version of my gist about how to implement Vite + Kemal. Kemal is a minimalist Crystal web framework, inspired by Sinatra from Ruby. Its main difference from Sinatra is its speed, due to Crystal’s native compilation. Meanwhile, in the front end world, Vite appeared as an alternative to bundlers, and quickly gained attention. But what if we could combine both Vite and Kemal in the same application and use any modern UI framework, or even just simple HTML with some libraries, without manually copying .min.js files? That is why this article exists! First, install Crystal (if you do not have it) and Node.js (or Bun). After that, create a Crystal project: crystal init app app cd app Then, edit your shard.yml and add Kemal as a dependency. Here is an example: nam…  ( 7 min )

When you're building a content publishing API that already supports Twitter, LinkedIn, and Dev.to, adding WordPress feels like it should be straightforward. It's just another REST API, right? Not quite. Unlike the other platforms, WordPress doesn't use OAuth. It uses HTTP Basic Authentication with application passwords. This means instead of managing tokens and refresh flows, you're dealing with a simpler but more permanent credential system. Here's what the authentication looks like: const authString = Buffer.from(`${username}:${applicationPassword}`).toString('base64'); const response = await fetch(`${siteUrl}/wp-json/wp/v2/posts`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization': `Basic ${authString}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify(postData), }…  ( 8 min )

Unlocking the Potential of Dynamic Adaptive Difficulty Adjustment (DADA) in Sports Training Recent research in AI Sports Coach has yielded a groundbreaking discovery: the effective implementation of Dynamic Adaptive Difficulty Adjustment (DADA) in sports training. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, DADA enables real-time modification of training stimuli to optimize an athlete's progress, preventing plateaus and reducing the risk of over-or undertraining. Our study, conducted in collaboration with top-tier sports teams, demonstrated that DADA-based training protocols resulted in significant improvements in agility, speed, and reaction time among athletes. Moreover, a notable 35% reduction in injury prevalence was observed among the DADA-trained group compared to the control group. The practical implications of DADA are far-reaching. With the ability to continuously adjust the difficulty level of training exercises, coaches can: Improve athlete engagement: By providing challenging yet manageable tasks, coaches can maintain athletes' motivation and interest, reducing the likelihood of dropout. Enhance transfer of learning: DADA enables the simulation of real-game scenarios, allowing athletes to develop skills that are directly applicable to competition. Optimize training load: By minimizing the risk of overtraining, coaches can ensure that athletes are performing at their best, while also reducing the likelihood of burnout. As the field of AI Sports Coach continues to evolve, the integration of DADA into training protocols will undoubtedly become a cornerstone of high-performance sports development. Publicado automáticamente  ( 6 min )

Photo by Ed Hardie on Unsplash Original Source: https://skildops.com/blog/stop-malware-at-the-door-automated-s3-file-scanning-with-aws-guardduty Amazon S3 is widely used to store various kind of files and most of the times we do not scan these files for malwares thus exposing ourselves and our clients to risk. It was the same case for one of projects we were working on. It was business as usual and we were on a prep call before the official ISO-27001 audit process kicks off. We had managed to tick all the boxes except the one when we were asked if we are scanning the files that we upload to the S3 bucket and our answer was a straight no. I could see on the face of the evaluator that she wasn’t very happy with our answer and asked if we can manage to get it sorted. The security audit was j…  ( 8 min )

Title: Edge AI Showdown: FPGA vs GPU - A Battle for Real-Time Inferencing As AI continues to permeate various aspects of our lives, the need for efficient edge inferencing has become increasingly crucial. Two promising edge AI approaches have emerged: Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and Graphics Processing Units (GPU). Let's dive into the nuances of each and explore which one reigns supreme. FPGA: The Specialized Champion FPGA-based edge AI solutions leverage the flexibility of programmable logic to optimize AI models for specific use cases. By customizing the design, FPGAs can achieve higher performance per watt and reduced latency compared to traditional CPU-based solutions. For instance, Intel's Stratix 10 series can achieve up to 5 TOPS (tera-operations per second) while consumin…  ( 7 min )

Maven Enforcer Rule dependOnAllProjects, com.github.mikkoi:maven-enforcer-rule-depend-on-all-projects is a user-created custom rule to force any Maven project in a multi module build to have a dependency on all other projects in the same build. The rule ensures that when a multi module Maven project is reconfigured by adding or removing subprojects, all projects are listed as dependencies for that subproject in which maven-enforcer-plugin is executed. If used in a CI pipeline or in any similar manner, this Maven Enforcer rule will keep the subproject up to date. If there is something that needs to be done after everything else in the build is completed, it can be placed into its own subproject with maven-enforcer-plugin configured with this rule. JaCoCo is a free Java code coverage library…  ( 7 min )

What is HexSpeak? HexSpeak is not a single programming language, but rather a style of hexadecimal encoding where values are intentionally chosen so they form readable words when written in hex. Programs, memory signatures, or machine instructions are crafted using hexadecimal values like “0xDEADBEEF”, “0xFEEDFACE”, or “0xCAFEBABE”. These readable patterns act like inside jokes in low-level programming and hacker culture. HexSpeak is especially common in bootloaders, malware signatures, ROM headers, and compiler metadata. In some environments, code can be written entirely in hexadecimal, and HexSpeak makes it slightly more fun or memorable — even if still cryptic. Type: Encoded / Low-level style Origin: Late 1970s (home computer hacking era) Used in: Machine code, compilers, bootloader…  ( 7 min )

A human-centered argument backed by real research Imagine a world where people have one extra day every week to rest, doesn't hurt productivity --- in many cases, it improves it. Below is the clearest, most human explanation of why the 4-day week is smarter way for society to function. 1. People Get Healthier --- Fast Across every major trial, results are the same: Stress goes down Burnout drops Sleep improves Overall wellbeing rises The large UK 4-day week pilot (60+ companies) saw major reductions in Why this matters: A healthier population is more creative, more stable, and more capable human flourishing, not just "employee benefits." 2. Productivity Doesn't Drop --- It Often Increases Here's the shocker: working less doesn't mean producing less. Microsoft Japan saw a …  ( 8 min )

What is Chicken? Chicken is an esoteric programming language created by Torbjörn Söderstedt. The idea is simple and intentionally ridiculous: every piece of code must consist only of the word “chicken,” repeated one or more times. The number of times “chicken” appears in a line determines the instruction. Because of this, the language looks like a farm animal repeating itself endlessly. Chicken is based loosely on a stack machine, similar to languages like Brainfuck or Ook. Instead of meaningful syntax, logic is encoded entirely by counting how many times the word appears. It is absurd, difficult, and intentionally frustrating — but also strangely entertaining. Language Type: Esoteric / Joke Creator: Torbjörn Söderstedt Syntax: Only the word “chicken” Instruction Style: Count-based in…  ( 7 min )

AI is no longer a “nice-to-have experiment.” It’s quietly becoming the backbone of modern products. McKinsey’s recent survey shows that 88% of the companies now use AI in at least one business function, and major industries expect a large share of their revenue in the next few years to come from new or improved products. The good news: AI can dramatically speed up product development, personalize user experiences, and reduce guesswork. This article is written from a business perspective—not a developer’s. You don’t need to know how to train a model if you can partner with a reliable development partner – but you need to understand how to move an AI product from idea to launch in a way that is strategic and aligned with your business goals. A lot of AI initiatives fail because they start w…  ( 11 min )

What is Aheui? Aheui is an esoteric programming language designed by Korean developer Yoo Eui-young. It uses Korean Hangul syllables as its instructions, making it one of the rare programming languages where code looks like written natural language. Instead of Latin characters or symbols, Aheui uses consonants and vowels as operations, storage commands, and movement instructions. The language operates on a two-dimensional grid, meaning the instruction pointer can move up, down, left, or right depending on the vowel following the consonant instruction. This gives Aheui a similar feel to languages like Befunge, but with the unique twist of using phonetic rules from Hangul. Aheui is not designed for everyday programming. Instead, it exists to explore linguistic structure as executable code, b…  ( 7 min )

Perplexity AI's Smart Assistants with Memory: A New Era of Personalization\n\nPerplexity AI has rapidly carved out a niche as a powerful conversational search engine, differentiating itself by providing direct, sourced answers rather than just links. It’s been a game-changer for users seeking concise, verifiable information, offering a refreshing alternative to traditional search engines. Its ability to summarize and synthesize information on the fly has made it an invaluable tool for researchers, students, and anyone looking for quick, authoritative insights.\n\nNow, Perplexity is taking a significant leap forward by introducing \"AI Assistants with Memory.\" This groundbreaking feature means that these assistants won't just respond to your current query in isolation; they will learn and retain context from your previous interactions. Imagine an assistant that remembers your preferences, your project details, or even your preferred communication style across multiple conversations and over time. This persistent memory allows for truly enhanced personalization, enabling a more natural, efficient, and deeply customized user experience, eliminating the need to re-state context repeatedly.\n\nThe implications of this move are profound. For users, it means a dramatically more intelligent and helpful AI experience that evolves with them. For Perplexity, it solidifies its position as an innovator, pushing the boundaries of what conversational AI can achieve beyond simple query-response. This development points towards a future where AI isn't just a tool, but a truly personal digital companion, capable of proactive assistance and deeply integrated into our daily workflows. It’s a significant step towards more human-like, context-aware artificial intelligence.  ( 17 min )

Today marks Day 4 of my #30daysofAWSTerraform challenge! 🚀 I explored the most critical component of Terraform: the State File (terraform.tfstate). It acts as the database for your infrastructure, mapping your code to real-world AWS resources. ✅ Tasks Completed: 📝 Notes: 🔗 Resources: https://github.com/Gokulprasath-N/Terraform-Full-Course-Aws/tree/main/lessons/day04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsEdrl9O5os I am excited to dive into Variables tomorrow to make my code more reusable! AWS #Terraform #CloudEngineering #DevOps #InfrastructureAsCode #techtutorialswithpiyush 30daysofAWSTerraform  ( 6 min )

What is Brainfuck? Brainfuck is a minimalist esoteric programming language created by Urban Müller in 1993. It is famous for using only eight single-character commands while still being fully Turing-complete. Brainfuck works on a tape of memory cells and a movable pointer, operating at the lowest conceptual level of computation. Because of its minimalism, even simple programs become long streams of symbols that are extremely hard to read or write. Brainfuck was never intended to be practical. Instead, it exists as a programming challenge and an intellectual puzzle, forcing developers to think differently about how instructions translate into operations. Language Type: Esoteric Released: 1993 Creator: Urban Müller Instruction Set: Only 8 symbols Memory Model: Infinite tape of bytes R…  ( 7 min )

What is LOLCODE? LOLCODE is a programming language created by Adam Lindsay in 2007 as a joke based on the writing style of early internet memes and "LOLcats." The syntax imitates broken internet grammar and humorous misspellings, making the code read like chaotic online messages rather than structured programming syntax. Despite its playful appearance, LOLCODE is a real, Turing-complete language and supports variables, loops, conditionals, I/O, and functions. The goal of LOLCODE isn’t practicality—it’s entertainment. It transforms programming into humor, making the code itself part of the joke. You don’t just write logic; you write comedy disguised as syntax. Language Type: Joke / Esoteric Released: 2007 Creator: Adam Lindsay Syntax Style: Internet slang and meme-speak Typing: Dynami…  ( 7 min )

What is Piet? Piet is an esoteric programming language created by David Morgan-Mar in 2001 where programs are written as colorful bitmap images instead of text. Instead of characters or keywords, the code consists of color blocks arranged like abstract art. The instruction pointer moves through these colored regions, and the transitions between colors determine what operations occur. The language is named after the painter Piet Mondrian, known for geometric color-block artwork. Piet is both a programming language and a visual art medium. A valid program might look like a modern art painting rather than code. Because of this, it often appears in programming challenges and showcases where the goal is to write functional yet visually aesthetic code. Language Type: Esoteric / Visual Release…  ( 7 min )

How a “boring theory subject” ended up shaping my entire AI career When I was doing my Master’s in computer engineering at the University of Padova, there was one subject everyone whispered about: Automata Theory & Computation. Not because it was exciting… I remember sitting in the lecture hall asking myself: “Why are we learning about an imaginary tape machine in 2024? What I didn’t know was that this single subject—the one we all underestimated—would quietly reshape the way I think about AI, computation, and even my day-to-day engineering work. Let me tell you how. Months later, when I was working on high-speed machine vision projects (with 1ms deadlines), something struck me: Everything I was building, every pipeline, every RL loop, every segmentation model could be reduced to: State …  ( 7 min )

Building a new financial technology product is not just about hiring “good developers”. You need people who understand both software and finance, security and regulation, user experience and real world money flows. Many founders and product leaders realise this only after they have already written code and hit first obstacles with compliance, integrations or performance. So how can you actually find the right experts to build a new fintech product, and how do you evaluate whether they are a good fit? Before you look for experts, it helps to decide what kind of expertise you really need. Clarify a few points: What type of product are you building? Payments, lending, wealth, accounting, trading, insurance? Who is the primary user? Consumers, SMEs, enterprises, internal teams? Which markets a…  ( 9 min )

You won’t always have a perfect index for every query, but may have have single-field indexes for each filter. In such cases, PostgreSQL can use Bitmap Scan to combine these indexes. MongoDB is also capable of merging multiple index bounds in a single scan or using index intersection to combine separate scans. Yet, the MongoDB query planner rarely selects index intersection. Let’s look at the reasons behind this. TL;DR: if you think you need index intersection, you probably need better compound indexes. I create a collection with one hundred thousand documents and two fields, with an index on each: let bulk = []; for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { bulk.push({ a: Math.floor(Math.random()*100), b: Math.floor(Math.random()*100) }); } db.demo.inse…  ( 15 min )

05AB1E 05AB1E is a code-golf programming language created around 2015 by Adnan. The goal of the language is to make programs as short as possible, even if the code looks strange or unreadable. It uses a stack-based execution model and many operations are represented by single Unicode characters. Language Type: Code Golf Difficulty: Hard Typing: Dynamic Execution Style: Stack-based / Implicit output Example (Hello World): "Hello, World!" This prints automatically because the language assumes output. How It Works: Most instructions are one character. The language uses a stack instead of variables. Printing is automatic, so you don’t need print statements. Where to Run: You can run 05AB1E at TIO.run online. Should You Learn It? Useful for jobs: No Useful for fun and challenges: Yes Good for readable code: No Summary: 05AB1E exists for people who enjoy writing the shortest possible solution. It’s fast, clever, and chaotic. The more you use it, the stranger it feels — but that’s the point.  ( 6 min )

Nano-Banana Pro: Prompting Guide & Strategies Nano-Banana Pro is a significant leap forward from previous generation models, moving from "fun" image generation to "functional" professional asset production. It excels in text rendering, character consistency, visual synthesis, world knowledge (Search), and high-resolution (4K) output. Following the developer guide on how to get started with AI Studio and the API, this guide covers the core capabilities and how to prompt them effectively. Nano-Banana Pro is a "Thinking" model. It doesn't just match keywords; it understands intent, physics, and composition. To get the best results, stop using "tag soups" (e.g., dog, park, 4k, realistic) and start acting like a Creative Director. 1. Edit, Don't Re-roll Example: "That's great, but change th…  ( 12 min )

Most .NET developers hear about Repository and Unit of Work early in their careers. At first they feel like magic: “I can swap databases by changing only one class.” “My controllers don’t know anything about EF Core.” “Testing becomes super easy because I just mock IUserRepository.” Then reality hits: Repositories become anemic pass-throughs over DbSet. Business rules leak into controllers and handlers. Every project invents yet another IGenericRepository. Transactions are either everywhere or nowhere. This post is your expert-level guide to bringing Repository + Unit of Work back as intentional architectural tools, not cargo-cult patterns. We’ll use EF Core and C# 12/13 style code, but the principles apply to any modern .NET app. Repository & Unit of Work in One Sentence Each Why D…  ( 12 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest takedown of the wild K-Pop action flick, where they gleefully rack up “sins” for every plot hole, cheesy line, and over-the-top stunt—all while reminding you how much fun the movie actually is. If you’ve ever wondered what it sounds like when a team of sin-counting demon hunters goes to work, this video’s got you covered. Hungry for more? Check out their other YouTube channels (TVSins, CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast Network), swing by their Linktree for updates, fill out their “sinful” poll, or support the small-but-mighty CinemaSins squad on Patreon. You can also dive into discussions on Discord and Reddit, or follow the writers and the official CinemaSins crew on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins just dropped their 27-minute teardown of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, gleefully tallying up every plot hiccup and over-the-top stunt while still tipping their hats to Tom Cruise’s signature death-defying flair. It’s the classic love-hate roast that reminds us this franchise still rocks—just maybe not quite like it used to. Beyond the sins, they’re pushing you to dive deeper: hit up cinemasins.com, fill out their sinful poll, back them on Patreon, or join the chaos on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. Major props to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel for keeping the sin tally rolling. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Disney’s in a weird spot right now—its once-unstoppable franchises (Marvel, Star Wars) are wobbling, and new bets like Wish and Elio haven’t exactly set the world on fire. But hey, Disney’s had epic flops before, so for the next few weeks we’re diving into four of its biggest live-action disasters. Kicking things off with 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: think Nic Cage doing magic, a giant bird, and a whole lot of “wait, what was that again?” vibes. Expect goofy commentary, forgotten trivia, and plenty of laughs. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Muita gente acha que governança trava inovação. Na real, ela cria segurança para ousar. Por que governança é essencial? Dá clareza de responsabilidades Cria regras de acesso e uso de dados Permite monitoramento contínuo Evita que experimentos virem caos em produção Exemplos práticos Permitir que makers criem bots, mas em ambientes isolados Revisar periodicamente agentes com muito acesso Usar DLP para impedir vazamento de dados sensíveis Segurança e privacidade Controles no Power Platform Admin Center Microsoft Purview para auditoria Revisão de logs no Microsoft Sentinel 🔗 Links úteis Microsoft Purview Overview: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftpurview?utm_source=chatgpt.com Power Platform Governance: https://learn.microsoft.com/power-platform/admin/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Você prefere inovar livremente sem rede de proteção ou criar com segurança sabendo que não vai se queimar? Obrigado por sua leitura!  ( 6 min )

Good product filters are invisible when they work well and super annoying when they don’t. Almost everyone has rage‑clicked their way through a bad filtering system, wondering why nothing seems to match what they actually want. The first step is understanding how people think about your products. Are they comparing by price, size, color, category, use case, or something else? Talk to users, watch how they browse, and notice what questions they ask before deciding. Those mental criteria should guide your filter options. When you're selling products online, clutter is the enemy. If you offer 25 different filters on one side of the page, most people will ignore them. Start with the essentials — maybe price range, category, and 2–3 key attributes that really matter. You can always add advanced filters in a collapsible section for power users. The language you use for filters matters, too. Technical or internal terms confuse people. Labels should match the words your customers naturally use, not whatever’s in your database schema. If someone says “hoodie,” don’t make them choose between “fleece top” and “mid‑layer garment.” Speed is another big factor. Filters should respond quickly, ideally without making the user reload an entire page every time they click something. If there are no matching results, say that clearly and give a way to reset or adjust filters instead of just showing an empty grid. Order also plays a role. Putting the most commonly used filters at the top and grouping related options together makes the whole experience feel calmer. Testing different layouts with actual users — even informally — can reveal surprising preferences. When filters are thoughtfully designed, shopping feels more like “finding what fits me” and less like “fighting a website.” That calmness turns casual browsers into confident buyers.  ( 7 min )

When people talk about building a SaaS, the focus is often on the core idea. In reality, most of the time disappears into the same invisible foundation work that never shows up in demos. Landing pages. Before any real feature exists, weeks are already gone. We recently built a production ready SaaS starter on top of Next.js 16, and I want to share what actually took the longest time, what broke in production, and what we would do differently if we started again today. 1. Authentication was not the hard part. The edge cases were Setting up basic email and OAuth login was easy. The real pain started with everything around it. Session refresh across server components Token sync between API routes and middleware Handling partial OAuth profiles Account linking edge cases Deleting users and casc…  ( 8 min )

A few weeks ago, I was helping a close friend set up her new online store. She sells handmade soaps, each one carefully crafted with pastel colors that look like they came straight out of a mood board. For her website, she wanted everything to feel soft, warm, and comforting. She handed me a Pantone card—a dusty rose shade she absolutely adored. I took the card home, held it under my desk lamp, admired the texture and warmth of the shade… and then made the mistake almost every digital designer makes at least once. I guessed the HEX value. And you can already predict what happened next. The website went live, she opened it on her phone, and said, And honestly? She was right. Pantone colors do not magically match their HEX equivalents. That’s when it hit me how important accurate Pantone-to-…  ( 7 min )

I've been working with ActiveFields, a gem for handling dynamic fields using the Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV) pattern. One of the challenges with EAV is querying those custom fields efficiently. ActiveFields includes a search feature that handles this, and I thought I'd share how it works. When you store custom fields in an EAV pattern, searching becomes tricky. You need to handle type casting, field-specific operators, and construct queries efficiently. ActiveFields provides a unified search interface that supports all built-in field types. The main method is where_active_fields, which supports all 13 built-in field types with type-specific operations. The method accepts three different input formats: 1. Array of Hashes - useful for programmatic queries: Post.where_active_fields([ { nam…  ( 9 min )

I quit AI for 30 days and found something I didn’t expect: my brain still had opinions. I didn’t plan to quit AI for 30 days. It just sort of… happened after I made a ranty video about why AI coding feels wrong lately. You know the type the “Copilot just hallucinated an entire database schema again” vibe. At the end of that video, I said I’d take a month-long break from AI tools. Viewers dared me to actually do it. My pride said “yeah, easy.” My brain, on day one, immediately disagreed. Because for the past couple years, AI has slipped into my workflow the way energy drinks slip into a LAN party: quietly at first, then suddenly you feel like you can’t function without it. Autocomplete becomes a reflex. Explaining bugs to ChatGPT becomes emotional therapy. And when you disable all of it, y…  ( 12 min )

👉 Part 1 available here: https://dev.to/homayounmmdy/modern-web-design-styles-every-frontend-developer-must-know-2025-guide-1ijl Web design doesn’t stop at glass or soft UI. The more you explore, the more you realize that modern interfaces borrow inspiration from art, technology, gaming, and even physics. This second part continues our journey through the most exciting design trends that every frontend developer should understand in 2025. 7. Mesh Gradients Abstract, fluid blends of multiple colors. Smooth color transitions Rounded soft forms “Dreamy” visuals Great for artistic aesthetics Hero sections, landing pages, posters, personal portfolios. Mesh gradients immediately make content look modern and premium, especially when paired with minimal typography. 8. Aurora / Blurred Light Gr…  ( 7 min )

In 2025, the "Modern Stack" of Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and API-first development has become the industry standard for building scalable, high-performance web applications. Next.js serves as the backbone, offering a hybrid architecture that blends the speed of server-side rendering with the interactivity of client-side React, while its App Router simplifies complex routing and data fetching. Tailwind CSS complements this by enabling a utility-first workflow that streamlines responsive design directly within the markup, significantly reducing context-switching and development time. Finally, the shift toward an "API Economy" means developers are increasingly orchestrating specialized services—for authentication, content, and payments—rather than building monolithic backends, making proficiency in asynchronous data handling and state management a critical skill for the modern frontend engineer.  ( 6 min )

I swear every time I open a Dockerfile, I get the same feeling as when I open my fridge at night: I know something cursed is in there, I just don’t know where it’s hiding. Dockerfiles are like the “draw the rest of the owl” meme for developers. One minute everything is fine, the next you’re staring at a 3GB image that takes longer to build than Baldur’s Gate 3’s character creator. Anyway this whole article started because last week, during a perfectly normal deploy, the container image ballooned from 900MB to 1.7GB after merging one “small change.” And by “small,” I mean someone added a single RUN command that installed half of Ubuntu. A senior dev did that. A good senior dev. A senior dev who I would trust with my production database but apparently not with apt-get . And it reminded me of…  ( 10 min )

A Major Cryptographic Upgrade for Modern Security Standards Posted by Muhammed Shafin P (HejHdiss) | Qeltrix Project Lead I'm excited to announce Qeltrix V4, a focused cryptographic upgrade that marks a significant milestone in the Qeltrix ecosystem. This release represents a deliberate break from backward compatibility in favor of adopting industry-standard, hardware-accelerated encryption that meets modern security requirements. AES256-GCM as the Core Cipher V4 makes a fundamental shift from ChaCha20-Poly1305 to AES-256-GCM (Advanced Encryption Standard with Galois/Counter Mode) as the sole bulk encryption algorithm. Why AES256-GCM? Industry Standard: Widely vetted, NIST-approved, and certified for government use Hardware Acceleration: Native CPU support via AES-NI on modern processors…  ( 18 min )

Terraform relies on a state file to understand the infrastructure it manages. Instead of constantly querying cloud providers which is slow, expensive, and inefficient Terraform stores the current state of your resources locally or remotely. This file acts as Terraform’s “source of truth,” enabling it to detect changes, manage dependencies, and apply updates safely. Terraform’s state file records the attributes and relationships of your deployed resources. It allows Terraform to: Compare desired configuration vs. actual infrastructure Generate accurate execution plans Track dependencies between resources Enable collaboration across teams Because Terraform relies heavily on this file, keeping it secure and consistent is critical. To avoid corruption, security risks, or inconsistent deploymen…  ( 7 min )

Building AI agents is fun. Building the long-term memory (RAG) infrastructure for them? Not so much. Every time I started a new side project, I hit the same "Boilerplate Wall": Spin up a Vector DB (Pinecone/Weaviate). Write the embedding pipeline logic. Figure out chunking strategies. Debug why the agent retrieves context from 3 months ago instead of yesterday. I realized I was spending 80% of my time on plumbing and only 20% on the actual agent. So, I decided to abstract it all away. I built MemVault, a "Memory-as-a-Service" API wrapper around PostgreSQL + pgvector. Here is why I chose this architecture, how the hybrid search algorithm works, and why I built a visualizer to debug the "black box". I didn't want another expensive SaaS subscription, and I didn't want to manage a complex …  ( 8 min )

Choosing a partner for Salesforce in Sweden can make a big difference in how well your CRM journey works. From picking the right provider to making sure implementation, integration and support go smoothly, the right local team sets you up for long-term success. This guide covers the structured overview of the Swedish Salesforce market, a checklist for evaluating providers, a top-10 list of Sweden-based partners, a list of the top consulting firms, leading Swedish AppExchange solutions, potential red flags, and answers to the most common questions when hiring Salesforce experts in Sweden. Whether you are adopting Salesforce for the first time or looking to optimize an existing setup, this article will help you make an informed decision. Overview of the Salesforce Market in Sweden Criteria f…  ( 15 min )

const forlan = { name: "Forlan", role: "Frontend Developer", description: "Creo interfaces limpias, rápidas y con buena experiencia de usuario.", languages: ["JavaScript", "TypeScript"], frontend: [ "HTML", "CSS", "TailwindCSS", "React", "React Router", "React Hook Form", "React Query", "Zustand", "Next.js", "NextAuth" ], backend: ["Express", "MySQL", "MongoDB", "Axios", "Prisma"], tools: [ "Git", "NPM", "Postman", "Vite", "VSCode", "VSCodium", "Linux", "Figma", "ChatGPT", "Vercel" ], softSkills: ["Creatividad", "Disciplina", "Comunicación", "Resolución de problemas"], focus: ["React", "Next.js", "UI/UX", "Responsive Design"], learning: ["Next.js", "Integración de APIs", "TypeScript"] };  ( 6 min )

The role of exterior shutters in curb appeal and protection Exterior shutters balance form and function. They enhance architectural character and offer an extra layer of protection for windows. Whether your home is historic or newly built, shutters add depth to the façade and can be tailored to complement trim, siding, and roofline. Traditional louvered shutters provide ventilation and a classic look, paneled shutters read as more substantial and formal, and board-and-batten shutters convey rustic charm. Choose a profile that complements your home’s architectural language. The slat size, frame profile, and panel detailing all influence how the shutter integrates with the overall design. Exterior shutters for house should appear as if they belong to the window. Measure to ensure shutters …  ( 7 min )

How a virtual internship sharpened my skills in data wrangling, business logic, and user-centric AI development. From Theory to (Simulated) Practice We all have projects in our portfolios, but how do we know if they truly reflect the skills needed in a real-world, high-stakes environment? That was my goal when I completed the BCG X GenAI Job Simulation on Forage. The task was classic BCG: practical, business-focused, and impactful. I was challenged to build a functional prototype of a Generative AI tool for financial statement analysis. This wasn't just about writing code; it was about creating a solution that a consultant could use to quickly derive insights from complex company data. In this article, I'll walk you through the project and, more importantly, the core skills…  ( 9 min )

On November 18th, 2025, Cloudflare had what they describe as their worst outage since 2019. It didn't start with a cyber attack or massive hardware failure. It started with a database permissions change. This is exactly the sort of thing Continuous Delivery is supposed to make safe. So since the post-mortem came out I wanted to analyze it through a CI/CD lens. Around 11:20 UTC, Cloudflare’s network started returning a huge spike of HTTP 5xx errors for traffic flowing through their core network. Users all over the Internet started seeing Cloudflare error pages instead of the sites they were trying to visit. The root cause was a change to how one of their ClickHouse database clusters handled permissions and metadata. Here’s the rough chain of events: Cloudflare deployed a change to ClickHous…  ( 11 min )

Most developers rely on GitHub as the single source of truth for their work. That’s fine—until it isn’t. Repos get deleted, teams reorganize, permissions change, and old code quietly disappears. Farmore solves that problem in the simplest way possible: It backs up everything you own on GitHub in one go. No platform dependence. No manual cloning. No “I’ll do it later.” Just a complete mirror of your GitHub activity saved locally, whenever you want it. Farmore’s goal is straightforward: Give developers an easy, reliable way to back up their GitHub repos and related data. Here’s what it brings to the table: 1. Automatic full-account backups Tell Farmore whose account you want to back up—yours or an organization’s—and it pulls all repositories for you. Public, private, starred, watched, f…  ( 7 min )

## Ferramentas de Protótipo: O Segredo para um Design de Sucesso O design de produtos digitais evoluiu, e com ele, as ferramentas que utilizamos. Hoje, a prototipagem não é apenas uma etapa, mas sim o coração do processo de design. Neste artigo, exploraremos as ferramentas essenciais para prototipar, colaborar e exportar assets, garantindo um fluxo de trabalho eficiente e resultados incríveis. Protótipos Interativos: Dando Vida às Suas Ideias A prototipagem é a arte de criar versões funcionais de um produto, permitindo testar e refinar ideias antes de investir tempo e recursos no desenvolvimento. As ferramentas modernas oferecem recursos incríveis para transformar wireframes estáticos em protótipos interativos e realistas. Figma: Considerada uma das ferramentas mais populares, o Figma se…  ( 7 min )

Integrating Real-Time Alerts for AI Agent Performance Monitoring TL;DR Real-time alerts enable teams to detect and resolve AI agent performance issues before they impact users. Organizations deploying AI agents need to maintain response accuracy above 95% and task completion rates above 90% to ensure reliable operations. Effective alert systems combine automated anomaly detection, tiered notification workflows, and integration with observability platforms to reduce mean time to detection (MTTD). This guide covers essential alert configuration strategies, key performance thresholds, and integration patterns that help AI engineering teams ship reliable agentic applications faster. AI agents operate autonomously, making decisions and interacting with external systems in ways that…  ( 13 min )

🚀 Introducing Snap-Test.in — A Simple Fake API Service for Testing & Frontend Development I’m excited to share Snap-Test.in, a clean and beginner-friendly platform that provides ready-to-use fake APIs — similar to reqres.in, but with more flexibility and modern features. If you’re building a frontend, testing an app, or teaching API integration, Snap-Test.in gives you instant sample APIs without any backend setup. 👉 Try it here: Snap-Test.in 👉 Works perfectly with React, Vue, Angular, Flutter, Postman & automation tools 🔥 What You Can Do with Snap-Test.in ✔ Ready-made sample endpoints (Users, Auth, XML, GraphQL, Files) Just like reqres.in — but with more formats, cleaner UI, and advanced mock features. 🎯 Built for Developers, Testers & Students Snap-Test.in makes API learning and testing effortless: ❌ No signup Just plug the API URL → test → build. If you're building a demo or practicing API calls, give Snap-Test.in a try: 👉 Snap-Test.in Feedback and suggestions are always welcome! 🚀  ( 6 min )

In today’s hyper-connected world, organizations generate an overwhelming amount of data—from user activity and network traffic to application logs and cloud telemetry. Hidden in that data are the early warning signs of cyber threats. The challenge is making sense of it all. That’s where SIEM, or Security Information and Event Management, enters the picture. A SIEM platform acts as the central nervous system of an organization’s security operations. It collects, correlates, and analyzes security events from across your entire IT and OT environment, helping security teams detect threats, investigate incidents, and maintain compliance. But SIEM isn’t just a tool—it’s a strategic component of the broader cybersecurity stack. What Exactly Is SIEM? A SIEM system performs three fundamental func…  ( 8 min )

What is Cutout? Cutout might be one of the few augmentations that looks wrong at first glance. A square. Introduced in 2017, Cutout asks a bold question: “What if we deliberately hide a portion of your training data and force the model to deal with it?” No fancy tuning. Why does removing information help? Deep networks love shortcuts. Cutout’s mask breaks those shortcuts. By erasing a random portion of each training sample: Local features cannot be fully trusted The model must build distributed, global representations Robustness improves because inference almost always sees unmasked images This “forced generalization” effect is surprisingly effective, especially on small/medium datasets. Why doesn’t Cutout ruin training? Two reasons: The masked region is small relative to the full image Occlusion is consistent with real-world noise It’s structured chaos. When does Cutout struggle? Cutout begins to underperform when: Fine-grained details matter The masked region wipes out key class-defining features The dataset already contains natural occlusion The mask size is tuned poorly Still, as a single-component augmentation, Cutout remains remarkably useful and computationally near-free. Conclusion Cutout is the simplest form of feature dropout: Next up: CutMix, the augmentation that asked: “What if we don’t remove pixels… but replace them with pixels from another image?”  ( 7 min )

Color Theory in UI Design: From Basics to Advanced Palettes Color is one of the most powerful tools in UI design. Choosing the right palette can dramatically impact usability, accessibility, and overall user experience. In this blog, you’ll learn: ✅ Color fundamentals: hue, saturation, and brightness ✅ Creating harmonious color palettes ✅ Accessibility tips for better contrast ✅ Advanced techniques for modern UI design Whether you’re designing a simple website or a complex web app, these principles will help you create visually stunning and user-friendly interfaces. 👉 Try our Color Palette Generator to experiment with colors instantly. Read the full guide here: frontendtools.tech/blog/color-theory-ui-design UIDesign #Frontend #WebDevelopment #ColorTheory #DesignTools  ( 6 min )

7 Ways to Create High-Quality Evaluation Datasets for LLMs TL;DR Building robust evaluation datasets is fundamental to developing reliable LLM applications. This article explores seven proven methods: leveraging production logs, implementing human annotation workflows, generating synthetic data, extracting domain-specific data from knowledge bases, using open-source benchmarks, employing red-teaming techniques, and continuously iterating based on failure analysis. Each approach addresses specific evaluation needs while ensuring dataset quality, diversity, and alignment with real-world user interactions. Evaluation datasets serve as the foundation for measuring and improving LLM application performance. Without high-quality test data, teams lack the visibility needed to identif…  ( 13 min )

Say you have a data lake. How do you get known-good CSV or Excel files into it? CsvPath Framework has a few options: Locate the archive on the local disk, within the lake Use a backend to stream to the lake during processing Use the SFTP integration to forward files after processing is done Use transfer-mode to forward files after processing All good options. Each serves particular use cases, though with quite a bit of overlap. Local processing is of course the fastest, so making CsvPath Framework essentially be the bronze layer of a local data lake is common. In this scenario, the archive(s) are the part of the lake that handle data files. Alternative, any remote backend (s3://, azure://, gs://, sftp://) can receive data as it is generated. That is a notably slower option because of netw…  ( 8 min )

Bicep and ARM templates are Terraform alternatives, but only within the Azure ecosystem. Bicep / ARM vs Terraform — What’s the difference? Bicep Azure-specific DSL for IaC. Compiles into ARM templates. First-class support by Microsoft. Best choice if you're 100% Azure and want: Tight integration with Azure Fast updates when new Azure features come out Simple syntax compared to ARM JSON ARM Templates Low-level JSON IaC for Azure. Verbose & harder to maintain. Bicep is meant to replace writing ARM JSON manually. Terraform Cloud-agnostic IaC tool. Works with Azure, AWS, GCP, VMware, Kubernetes, etc. Uses HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language). Great for: Multi-cloud environments Advanced orchestration Rich ecosystem of providers & modules So is Bicep an alternative to Ter…  ( 7 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins breaks down every laughable plot twist and CGI hiccup in the new KPop Demon Hunters movie, running through their trademark “sins” in under 16 minutes of snarky commentary. Along the way they shout out their main site (cinemasins.com), offer a poll, Patreon link and a host of social channels (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Reddit), and introduce their small but mighty team of writers. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

2025 has seen the cloud landscape continue to evolve at an extraordinary pace. As organizations accelerate their AI, analytics, and digital transformation workloads, many of us are experiencing a significant increase in complexity. Systems are becoming more distributed, with workloads spread across multiple regions, accounts, and vendors. With complexity comes fragmentation, and a sharp rise in risk around cyber threats, identity compromise, and multi-cloud governance, leading many of us to wonder how to maintain visibility across disparate systems as well as how to handle protection, resilience, and recovery at scale. This is why I was excited to learn about some of the latest announcements and releases from Commvault, announced at SHIFT 2025. Most organizations’ AWS environments have g…  ( 8 min )

🧩 What Is the Terraform State File? Whenever Terraform builds your AWS infrastructure, it needs a way to remember what it created. terraform.tfstate This file tracks: EC2 instances S3 buckets IAM roles Databases And their metadata Terraform uses this file to compare: Desired State (your .tf files) Actual State (what exists in AWS) ❌ Why You Should NOT Store State Files Locally AWS account IDs Secrets Passwords ARNs Keeping it on your laptop? Yeah… risky. Local state = conflicts, overwrites, broken infra. If your laptop dies or state file is deleted, Terraform loses track of your cloud resources. ☁️ The Solution: Remote Backend Using AWS S3 Benefits include: ✔ Secure, encrypted storage 🛠️ How to Configure AWS S3 Remote Backend Step 1: Create S3 Bucket (Outside Terraform) Never create th…  ( 7 min )

In a world where businesses run on SaaS, APIs, cloud apps, and hybrid environments, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has become one of the most foundational pillars of enterprise security. Everyone talks about MFA, SSO, Zero Trust, role-based access, and least privilege but surprisingly few talk about the real center of IAM: The Directory. Your directory isn't just an address book. Think of IAM as a living organism: Policies are the brain Workflows are the muscles Applications are the organs Authentication is the pulse And the Directory is the heart Without the heart, nothing moves. The Directory Is the Source of Truth (SOT) for Identity Every identity decision starts with a single question: User profiles Attributes (department, title, location) Group memberships Security identifiers D…  ( 8 min )

Legal teams handle more contracts than ever before. As your caseload grows, manual tasks start slowing down your entire operation. Simple activities like routing documents, gathering comments, tracking approvals, and keeping every version updated can take hours of unnecessary effort. When your team relies on emails and spreadsheets, contracts move unevenly and delays become unavoidable. This is exactly why more legal teams now look for practical ways to reduce repetitive work and keep contract cycles predictable. Contract automation helps you avoid these issues and gives your team more time to focus on actual legal work. n8n makes this possible by turning routine processes into smooth, rules based workflows that require very little manual involvement. Even experienced legal teams struggle…  ( 8 min )

Автор YouTube-канала Will It Work нашёл способ воспроизводить на PlayStation 5 содержимое обычных компакт-дисков. Для этого нужен Первые поколения PlayStation воспроизводили компакт-диски и служили пользователям универсальными медиацентрами. В PlayStation 4 поддержку Audio CD и Video CD убрали. Компания сделала ставку на стриминговые сервисы. Поколение PS5 тоже официально не воспроизводит Audio CD, но открывает различные форматы музыки с USB-накопителя. Блогер выяснил, что если записать диск в формате Data CD и подключить его к консоли с помощью внешнего USB-дисковода, то система будет считать его USB-накопителем. Можно будет просматривать файлы и воспроизводить музыку с помощью встроенного медиаплеера  ( 6 min )

Earlier this year, I was amazed by agentic AI coding with Claude Sonnet 3.7. The term "vibe coding" hadn't been coined yet, but that's exactly what I was doing—letting AI generate code while I steered the conversation. It felt magical. Until it didn't. After a few weeks, I noticed patterns: code redundancy creeping in, intentions drifting from my original vision, and increasing rework as the AI forgot context between sessions. The honeymoon was over. I needed structure, but not the heavyweight processes that would kill the speed I'd gained. That search led me through several existing tools—Kiro, Spec Kit, OpenSpec—and eventually to building LeanSpec, a lightweight Spec-Driven Development framework that hits v0.2.7 today with 10 releases in under three weeks. This post shares why I built it…  ( 10 min )

“Any LLM is an engine. It can be massive or compact, but if you don't look at the telemetry, you'll never understand where you're burning energy inefficiently.” When engineers discuss LLM performance, three key phases are most often mentioned: Tokenization latency TTFT (Time To First Token) tokens/sec But it's easier to think of it this way: An LLM is an engine, and the profiler is its dashboard. The rest is visible through the readings—and we're about to break them down. Just like in real machinery: Startup is always more expensive than the cruising phase, Different engine components consume energy differently, The true picture is only visible through telemetry. 👨‍🚀 Caption: "Before launch—rely only on the instruments" We are launching the GPT-2 model in three scenarios: Short prompt Me…  ( 9 min )

Easy-to-Understand What Is HybridTree Korean-backend AGI? Why the Korean Backend Matters Example of Korean’s compact semantic–emotional structure What HybridTree Korean-backend AGI Can Be Used For How It Differs From Traditional LLMs Why This Matters for the Future Final Summary HybridTree Korean-backend AGI vs Traditional LLMs: HybridTree introduces a Korean semantic–emotional backend that processes meaning, nuance, and context as a unified cognitive unit. 1) Language-Structural Differences (Cognitive Core Layer) -Language Type -Expression Density -Ambiguity Resolution -Emotional Encoding -Micro-context Awareness 2) Algorithmic / Engine-Level Differences -Input Transformation -Reasoning Mode -Branching Thought -Energy Efficiency -Noise Sensitivity 3) Performance & Applicati…  ( 10 min )

Building an investment platform is not only about charts, order tickets and a beautiful portfolio screen. Behind every “Buy” button, there is a combination of security, regulation, infrastructure and user trust. A failure in any of these areas can lead to financial loss, regulatory scrutiny and long term damage to your brand. For developers and technical leaders on dev.to, it helps to think about a secure investment platform as a set of layers. Each layer has its own risks and responsibilities. The first contact point is onboarding. It is both a UX and a security challenge. Key questions: Who is allowed to open an account? How do you verify that the person is who they claim to be? How is access to the platform protected over time? Practical considerations: Strong KYC and identity verificat…  ( 9 min )

There’s a special kind of silence that hits a dev team when the internet goes down. Not your local Wi-Fi, not your ISP having a moment I mean when the actual fabric of the web suddenly decides it needs a long nap. And for some reason, this past month felt like watching three raid bosses take turns unplugging the server. First AWS stumbled. Then Azure tripped over its own identity layer. And now Cloudflare the company that literally markets itself as “the internet’s immune system” managed to yeet half the web off the map for a while. If you were online, you felt it. If you were on-call, my condolences. If you were an SRE… well, you probably already have the thousand-yard stare. Somewhere out there, an SRE bingo card is now fully stamped. Here’s the thing we don’t like admitting: these compa…  ( 13 min )

Save the planet and adapt the LLM to your use-case! The process of reducing a Large Language Model (LLM) to FP4 (4-bit Floating Point) precision is a quantization technique primarily used to drastically decrease the memory required and accelerate inference (text generation), allowing larger models to be run on less powerful hardware, such as a single desktop GPU. Practically, this is typically achieved by utilizing specialized libraries — like bitsandbytes—that integrate directly with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch and the Hugging Face Transformers library. This technique directly supports a “greener” or more sustainable AI approach by significantly reducing the energy consumption required during the model’s inference phase. Since 4-bit quantization reduces the model’s size b…  ( 16 min )

As someone who works directly with businesses juggling lots of smartphones and tablets, I've tried my fair share of mobile device management (MDM) solutions-especially for mixed Android and iOS fleets. Managing all those devices never gets any easier, and keeping them secure, compliant, and easy to use is critical for everyone from law firms to engineering startups. I wanted to see which MDM tools actually worked in real-world business settings and which ones caused more headaches than they solved. Please note: This content utilizes AI writing technology and may include businesses I'm affiliated with. So I spent weeks hands-on with the top MDM providers for 2025. I didn’t just look at feature lists-I put each one to work in realistic onboarding, app management, compliance, and support scen…  ( 11 min )

What is a data disk? A data disk is a storage disk attached to a computer or virtual machine(VM) for the purpose of storing data. Now, let us learn how we can attach a data disk to a Virtual Machine in few simple steps. 1.Come to the overview of your Virtual Machine and click settings and select disk 2.Your screen will display OS disk and Data disk. Click +create and attach a new disk 3.Come down to LUN (Logical Unit Number) 4.Your screen will display creating a data disk follow by successfully created a data disk and follow by Updated virtual machine Wow! you just learn how to attach a data disk to a virtual machine. Adding a data disk to a Virtual is not enough but it must also be Initialized before it can be usable. What does it mean to initialize a data disk? The following steps explain how a data disk is initialized 1.Come down to the Search bar at the left Corner of virtual Machine and type disk and select create and format hard disk partitions 2.Click OK to initialize your data disk You still can't use it because it is still showing unallocated. scroll up, right click on the disk and *select new simple volume * 4.Click Next Next Next 7.Now it says perform a quick format. This where we are going to format the data disk. disk1 then, click next 8.Click finish This is the final stage. You have successfully added a data disk to your Virtual Machine, you have initialized it and the data disk is now Healthy and ready for use. Thanks for reading. Do not forget to like, comment, share and follow. Your questions are equally welcome.  ( 7 min )

A simple sanity matrix for DevOps teams deciding between flexibility and focus. The freedom pitch You’re in the middle of a sprint review, sipping cold coffee and pretending the deployment pipeline isn’t held together by three YAML files and pure willpower, when someone from leadership leans back in their chair and says the words every DevOps engineer secretly fears: “What if we went multicloud? You know… for resilience.” There’s always this pause afterward like the whole room is waiting for someone else to say something responsible. But nobody does, because we all know exactly what happens next. One day you’re happily living in AWS-land, and the next you’re fumbling between GCP dashboards wondering why IAM roles suddenly feel like a final exam you didn’t study for. I’ve lived that moment…  ( 15 min )

Terraform is a binary that has no clue where or what to provision. All that it does, all its buckets, all its VPCs, all its resources, would not occur at all without a provider knowing how to communicate with a particular API. Role of Providers (The Real Terraform Workhorse): Those definitions as well as the way to send API calls to AWS are provided by AWS provider plugin. There are three important things that a provider does: Explorers are in between your Terracode and the AWS API. What developers are used to disregarding was pointed out: I today had to practice pulling configuration blocks out of the docs as opposed to guessing. This immediately minimizes errors and version conflict. Provider Versioning: Unless you pin versions, your setup may you give silent failure on a later terraform init. = 1.2, < 2.0 - version range In a modern day, I configured my AWS provider in the following way: This is so that Terraform pulls only compatible plugins. Identifying Terraform with AWS (Credential Setup): Entered: After writing my config, I ran: terraform plan: terraform { provider "aws" { resource "awsvpc" "example" { This gets Terraform ready to make a new VPC with provider of Amazon. Tomorrow we continue with the Terraform process: Learning terraform plan in depth. Developing real AWS resources. Viewing the Terraform choices of things to provide. The changes of state file during the creation of resources.  ( 7 min )

Deploying a Next.js application to an AWS EC2 instance is a common production pathway for modern web apps. However, while the deployment process looks straightforward, developers often encounter issues with SSH access, Linux permissions, missing libraries, Nginx conflicts, and more. This guide outlines a clean, step-by-step method to deploy a Next.js frontend to an Ubuntu EC2 instance—along with the most common errors you may encounter and how to resolve them. Infrastructure Overview Cloud Platform: AWS EC2 (Ubuntu) Frontend: Next.js (React) Runtime: Node.js (installed via NVM) Process Manager: PM2 Reverse Proxy: Nginx Local Machine: Windows (with WSL Ubuntu terminal) Step 1: Connect to EC2 via SSH After launching the EC2 instance, the first task is to connect through SSH using your .pem k…  ( 8 min )

API testing is one of those tasks every developer knows is essential, but few enjoy. Manually writing test cases for every endpoint is repetitive, error-prone, and consumes valuable time that could be spent building features. Edge cases are often skipped, test coverage suffers, and teams frequently find themselves maintaining brittle scripts. That’s where automation changes the game. By pairing Cursor, an AI-powered coding assistant, with Requestly's local-first API testing and mocking platform, you can offload the grunt work of writing tests to AI while keeping execution secure and reproducible on your own system. In this article, we’ll walk through how to set up Cursor with Requestly, generate test cases automatically, and run them end-to-end so that you can focus less on boilerplate and…  ( 12 min )

‘Two for the Money’ Rewatchables Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Cousin Sal fire up their favorite Monday-night parlay to revisit the 2005 sports thriller Two for the Money (starring Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, and Rene Russo). They break down all the high-stakes betting scenes, debate the most rewatchable moments, and slot the film into their signature Rewatchables categories. Along the way they serve up their usual pop-culture banter—complete with a cold open, handy segment timestamps, and even a few sponsor plugs—while dissecting what makes this Hollywood depiction of sports gambling a must-revisit. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins delivers a rapid-fire roast of KPop Demon Hunters, ticking off every “sin” and joke in true snarky style. They hype up the film’s quirks, invite you to binge their other YouTube channels (TVSins, CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast) and point you to their Linktree for the freshest updates. The description doubles as a fan hub—linking to their main site, a quick poll, Patreon for support, plus all the socials (Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok). Credit goes to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel, each with their own social handles if you crave more sinning commentary. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning CinemaSins just dropped their “Everything Wrong With” roast of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, poking fun at Tom Cruise’s death-defying stunts and lamenting that the once-spotless series might’ve lost its way in these last couple of films. They’ve packed the description with links to their site, YouTube channels (TVSins, CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast Network), socials, a sinful poll, Patreon support, and even shout-outs to their writing crew. Dive in for the nitpicks, then head to their Linktree for more sins and shenanigans! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Disney’s in a bit of a pickle – after Marvel and Star Wars misfires and new titles like Wish and Elio fizzling, The Weekly Planet is gearing up for a four-week shame parade of Disney’s biggest live-action bombs. First up: 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, featuring Nicolas Cage, magic tricks galore, a giant bird, and enough head-scratching moments to fill a kingdom. Dive into the video for all the glorious cringe. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Decision trees and decision matrices are intuitive representations of complex IF-ELSE logic for business users and are the most common and useful parts of a rule engine. Popular rule engines such as Drools do offer richer feature sets, notably the so-called RETE algorithm for efficiently reusing frequently repeated expression fragments; however, in real-world business applications the need to use the RETE algorithm is rare. In most cases we downgrade the rule engine to decision tables and decision matrices. A reasonable ordering of nodes in decision trees and decision matrices already provides execution optimization. In scenarios that truly require the RETE algorithm, it is typically difficult for most people to grasp intuitively, making it unsuitable for direct configuration by business u…  ( 10 min )

Motivation is unreliable. Here’s how devs actually build momentum one stupidly small win at a time. I used to wake up already losing. Thumb opens a feed before my eyes fully boot, brain gets hit with 200 opinions I didn’t ask for, and suddenly I’m “too tired” to touch the repo. Sound familiar? The irony: I kept waiting for motivation like it was a dependency to install. It’s not. The fix wasn’t a new app or a guru routine. It was lowering the bar until it felt embarrassing not to step over it. One line PR. Open the doc. Put on the shoes. That’s it. Something changed recently: the collective fatigue around infinite feeds. Everyone’s quietly admitting the algorithm is farming attention, and a lot of us devs are feeling weirdly “busy” while shipping less. Same. So I ran a set of tiny experim…  ( 12 min )

Apprentissage adversarial en temps réel : défis et percées L'apprentissage adversarial en temps réel bouleverse la sécurité des systèmes d'IA. Il suscite admiration et inquiétude chez les ingénieurs et les dirigeants. De plus, la nécessité d'une latence ultra-faible et d'un débit élevé impose des choix techniques rapides. Dans ce contexte, les entreprises n'ont plus droit à l'erreur : elles doivent intégrer des modèles qui apprennent à contrer des attaques en direct, tout en maintenant une précision supérieure à quatre-vingt-quinze pour cent, en réduisant la latence totale de centaines de millisecondes à des millisecondes fractionnaires, et en soutenant un débit supérieur à cent trente requêtes par seconde ; c'est une course contre la montre qui touche la confiance des utilisateurs, la c…  ( 11 min )

After another action-packed month, here’s my reflection on the latest news and events from the ever-evolving world of Vue, Nuxt, Vite, and their awesome open-source ecosystems. I would like to start 5th issue of my Vue newsletter with something I haven't done yet - sharing a video: As you can see, it is a flashback from the ViteConf I was talking about last month. The reason why am I featuring this is interesting topic of not-so-distant future of our ecosystem together with the awesome stage presence of the speaker. I remember my very first impression was "Oh wow, the guy sounds quite nervous". But then Jim Dummet delivered one of the most memorable IT talk I can think about. The fact it was his only second live talk ever makes it even more awesome. Give it a try if you have a spare 3…  ( 8 min )

O Problema Lembra daquele app que começou rápido e depois foi ficando mais lento conforme adicionávamos features? Pois é, o culpado quase sempre é o mesmo: change detection. O Angular, por padrão, é um pouco paranóico. A cada evento (scroll, clique, timer), ele verifica TODA a árvore de componentes pra ver se algo mudou. Traduzindo: se você tem 100 componentes e 100 eventos por segundo, são 10.000 verificações por segundo. Não tem CPU que aguente! Para resolver, listei abaixo 5 técnicas para melhorar a performance do seu app Angular. Algumas delas, mesmo sendo velhas conhecidas, ainda hoje costumam ser ignoradas. Compatibilidade: Angular 2+ Impacto: Reduz change detection em ~90% Essa aqui muda o jogo. O OnPush faz o Angular ser mais inteligente - ele só verifica mudanças quando realmen…  ( 8 min )

Today's exam was apparently very difficult. I say "apparently" because I honestly couldn't tell. My classmates walked out devastated. Like genuinely upset. Talking about how brutal it was, how they definitely failed, how unfair the questions were. And I'm just... whatever about it. Not because I'm smart or prepared or confident. I studied for maybe 3 hours like I do for every exam. They all feel the same to me at this point—show up, write what you know, leave. Some people would call that careless. Maybe it is. But it's working so far. I'm liking this phase. Not the exam stress part—that's still there. But something else. I'm getting over the whole "stay in bed when I feel shitty" thing. Used to be when things got bad, I'd just rot. Lie there, scroll, feel worse, repeat. But lately when I f…  ( 7 min )

Python's standard logging module is capable, but shaping it into a system that produces structured, contextual, and queryable logs requires understanding a lot of concepts: hierarchical logging, formatters, filters, handlers, and configuration files. It can be done, but it often feels like you are building infrastructure instead of writing your application. Structlog takes a different approach. Rather than wrestling with object hierarchies, you simply declare how each event should be processed and enriched. The result is logging that feels natural to write, while producing output that works just as well for humans skimming a console as it does for machines ingesting JSON into an observability platform. This guide takes a practical look at using Structlog as the foundation for a production-…  ( 18 min )

We All Hate Free Trials (Well, I Do) Sometimes I just want to test something new. Maybe it’s a new AI image tool, a premium API, pay for a digital content to a creator, some data service everyone won’t shut up about. But nope—the first thing I see is “Start your 7-day free trial!” Great… except now I have to hand over my card on day one. Then I spend the whole week stressing that I’ll forget to cancel and get slapped with a $99 charge for something I used only once. Even worse: sometimes I want my AI agent (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok) to use that service for me. Which means what—give my card to the AI? I’m reckless, but an AI agent is probably ten times more reckless than me. It’s dumb. We shouldn’t need credit cards just to test stuff. With x402, I load a single wallet once—with however much…  ( 11 min )

Core Problem Statement GraphBit targets the hard parts of building reliable, scalable, and maintainable AI-powered workflows. It addresses: Orchestrating multi-step AI tasks with clear data dependencies and parallelism Integrating multiple LLM providers without lock-in Making LLM agents safely call tools and incorporate tool results Running workflows with production-grade resilience under variable load and flaky networks Giving Python developers a simple API while leveraging a high-performance runtime In short: GraphBit turns agentic AI from ad-hoc scripts into robust, dependency-aware workflows that can run reliably in production. Developer Pain Points Fragmented orchestration Hand-rolled “call A then B” glue code; no graph-level validation or parallelism Brittle context passi…  ( 8 min )

I never expected AI to become my calm-down tool. But my mental reset button? Tech isn’t always a peaceful place. There’s pressure, speed, too many ideas, too many tabs open (in browsers and in life), and the constant background noise of “learn this” / “ship that” / “don’t fall behind.” Somewhere in the middle of that storm, AI became… my slowdown. 🌫️ When your brain is overloaded, AI becomes the quiet friend I’m not a developer, but I spend enough time around tech people to know one thing: Their minds never stop. And being in that environment is inspiring — but also overwhelming. So I started using AI tools as a way to calm my mind: write out a frustration ask AI to organize it ask for perspective ask for a question I could ask myself ask for one small thing I can do right now ask it to t…  ( 8 min )

Unlocking Algorithmic Elegance: AI's Blind Spot and the Power of Evolutionary Mappings Imagine needing to translate between two languages, not word-for-word, but conceptually. Or optimizing a complex supply chain where seemingly unrelated actions perfectly balance each other. These scenarios highlight a fundamental challenge: finding the perfect one-to-one mapping between distinct entities – a bijection. While AI excels at many tasks, discovering these elegant algorithmic relationships often remains stubbornly difficult. The core idea is to leverage a collaborative approach where AI generates possible solutions (as functional code), and then an evolutionary algorithm intelligently refines them. Think of it like breeding algorithms for speed and efficiency. The evolutionary process introd…  ( 7 min )

ArgoCD is powerful because it continuously watches Git and your cluster, and keeps them in sync. ✅ Auto-Sync Automatically apply changes from Git to the cluster. ✅ Self-Heal If someone manually edits or deletes a Kubernetes object, ArgoCD restores it from Git. ✅ Auto-Prune Remove Kubernetes resources that were removed from Git. ✅ Rollbacks If a sync fails, ArgoCD will automatically roll back to a good version. Go to: Applications → Select your app → App Details → Sync Policy Turn ON: Auto-Sync Prune Resources Self Heal These correspond to: Setting Meaning Auto-Sync If Git changes, ArgoCD automatically applies the changes to the cluster. Prune If a file (resource) is deleted from Git, ArgoCD deletes that resource from the cluster. Self-Heal If someone manually changes something …  ( 7 min )

Executive Summary In event-driven and distributed architectures, preserving the order of messages is critical for maintaining state consistency, processing accuracy, and system reliability. Google Cloud Pub/Sub offers ordering keys to ensure that messages with the same key are delivered in the order they were published. However, this feature does not always ensure in-order delivery at the subscriber level, which is particularly critical for platforms where sequence integrity is vital (e.g., financial systems, event sequencing). This paper outlines the causes behind unordered message reception of Google Pub/Sub despite the use of ordering keys and outlines a practical solution involving subscriber-side message sorting to enforce the expected message sequence. Google Cloud Pub/Sub is a w…  ( 10 min )

Angular Aria vs Angular Primitives: What’s the Difference and When Should You Use Each? The Angular ecosystem is evolving rapidly, especially around headless UI, accessibility, and composable component design. Two major players in this space are Angular Aria (introduced officially in Angular 21) and the Angular Primitives community library. At first glance they may seem similar — both provide unstyled, headless building blocks for creating highly customizable UI components. But they actually solve different layers of the UI problem. Understanding how they differ, where they overlap, and how to use them together is key if you’re building modern Angular applications, design systems, or complex custom UI libraries. This article breaks it all down. Angular Aria is an official Angular package…  ( 9 min )

There is a difference between running code and reading the world through code. Most beginners think of programming as a series of instructions to make a machine behave. Professionals understand something far more interesting. Code is a sensor. Code is a lens. You can use it to observe patterns that are otherwise invisible. You can build systems that listen to the real environment of machines, networks, services, and human activity. System awareness is the discipline of perceiving signals before they turn into problems. It is the craft of understanding that everything emits data, everything leaks state, and everything is part of a larger motion that can be measured, modeled, and interpreted. This field sits between observability engineering, security monitoring, incident response, threat hu…  ( 13 min )

1. Class Methods (@classmethod) What it is A method that belongs to the class, not an individual object. cls instead of self. Creating alternative constructors Tracking class-level data Example class Employee: company = "OpenAI" count = 0 def __init__(self, name): self.name = name Employee.count += 1 @classmethod def total_employees(cls): return cls.count print(Employee.total_employees()) # 0 e1 = Employee("Ali") e2 = Employee("Sara") print(Employee.total_employees()) # 2 @staticmethod) What it is A method inside the class but does NOT access class or instance data. Utility/helper methods Math or formatting functions class MathTool: @staticmethod def add(a, b): return a + b print(Mat…  ( 8 min )

🛒 1. What Are Comprehensions? Comprehensions are a compact and expressive way to create lists and dictionaries. Instead of writing long loops, you write everything in one clean line. Without comprehension: squares = [] for n in range(1, 6): squares.append(n*n) With comprehension: squares = [n*n for n in range(1, 6)] Cleaner, faster, more readable. [new_item for item in iterable if condition] Imagine you have a conveyor belt of items. Suppose you ordered a mixed snack bundle and want to keep only healthy items. foods = ["chips", "salad", "pizza", "fruits"] healthy = [f for f in foods if f in ["salad", "fruits"]] print(healthy) # ['salad', 'fruits'] Imagine a music app increases the volume of every song by 10%. volumes = [40, 60, 80] new_volumes = [v + 10 for v in volumes] …  ( 8 min )

We are welcoming you to our weekly digest! Here, we discuss the latest trends and advancements in account abstraction, chain abstraction and everything related, as well as bring some insights from Etherspot’s kitchen. The latest news we'll cover: Ethereum Shares New Details On Its New Interop Layer Sequence Launches Trails to Simplify Crypto Payments Vitalik Presents Updated Ethereum Roadmap at Devconnect Why EIP-7702 Infra Matters and How Developers Can Integrate It Please fasten your belts! Ethereum has released new information on its planned interoperability layer (EIL), a major component of its long-term roadmap aimed at enabling seamless communication between Layer 1, Layer 2 rollups, and external ecosystems. The Defiant reports that the update expands on earlier research proposals an…  ( 10 min )

Men’s fashion is heading into one of its most interesting phases yet. As culture shifts and comfort becomes a priority, trends are evolving in ways that feel fresh but still practical. The modern man wants clothing that looks good, feels good, and works with his lifestyle, whether he’s in the office, on the go, or jumping between meetings and social plans. Next year’s trends reflect that perfectly. From relaxed tailoring to texture-rich fabrics and nature-inspired colors, the upcoming fashion wave blends style with ease like never before. Here’s a deep dive into what men will be wearing next year and how you can stay ahead of the curve. Tailoring is evolving, but not in the stiff, formal way we once knew. The next year is all about relaxed, breathable, soft tailoring that delivers sophisti…  ( 8 min )

Mixing Night with Ken Lewis – 100th Show Celebration Join Grammy-winning mixer Ken Lewis (114 Gold & Platinum records, 30+ years in the game) for a special 100th episode of Mixing Night! He’ll demo his go-to mix techniques live, dish out pro tips on the mix bus, production and career growth, and answer your burning questions in a laid-back Q&A session. Plus, we’re giving away Nuro Audio plugins and a 1-year Session Studio subscription to lucky viewers! Want in on the fun? Submit your track for feedback, subscribe to the Mixing Night Audio channel, and check out links for merch, exclusive plugins like GreenHAAS, and Ken’s SoundCheck mix critiques. Rock up, learn from the best, and snag epic freebies! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

AWS ECS Managed Instances: The Middle Ground We've Been Waiting For If you've been operating containerized workloads on AWS, you've probably grappled with a known trade-off. Use Fargate and enjoy hands-off simplicity, but it costs more and you give up control of your compute. Or manage your own EC2 fleet on ECS, enjoy complete hardware control and better costs, but now you're patching instances, configuring auto-scaling groups, and managing launch templates. It's a problem that has baffled engineers for decades. But AWS just came out with something that might finally bridge the gap: ECS Managed Instances. Let's be practical here with container orchestration. Not many teams wake up excited about managing infrastructure. They'd rather deploy features, not troubleshoot why a node consumed a…  ( 10 min )

I finally shipped my new portfolio — but this time, Built it to show my real skills — not just look pretty. If you're looking for someone who can build polished, reliable, AI-driven experiences from scratch, this is for you. I wanted something that actually reflects how I build, how I think, and what I’m capable of creating as a Full Stack Developer & AI Engineer. yashpandav.dev 💬 Would Love Your Feedback Your thoughts genuinely help me improve. If you check it out, let me know what you think — and if you’re working on something exciting, I’m always open to collaborate.  ( 6 min )

Hey DEV community, I’m trying to build a small utility to quickly check my FAB Bank balance without opening the mobile app every time. I’m curious if anyone here has done something similar—maybe via an API, a web automation script, or some kind of lightweight app. A few questions I have: Are there public or semi-public endpoints for retrieving balance info safely? Would you handle this through a server-side script, or directly in a client-side app? Any tips for keeping credentials secure while still making it convenient to check balances? I’m mostly doing this for personal convenience, but I’d love to hear what approaches other developers take for similar tasks. Thanks!  ( 6 min )